Description
Spicy goodness. A traditional holiday favorite.
Ingredients
- 2 cups WEM Whole Wheat Flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 (1 lb) can pumpkin
- 3/4 cup honey or brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable shortening, butter or oil
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
Hands-on Time: 10 minutes
Baking Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Yield: 1-9 X 5 inch loaf
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Coat a 9 X 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, cream together eggs, butter or oil, and honey or sugar.
- Stir in pumpkin and milk.
- Mix dry ingredients together.
- Stir into pumpkin mixture.
- Fold in nuts.
- Spread in the loaf pan.
- Bake for 1 hour. If the loaf is browning too quickly, place a sheet of aluminum foil over the top for the last 15 minutes of baking.
- Let cool in pan then turn out on the rack.
Recipe Tips and Tricks
Serve with soft or whipped cream cheese.