Pumpkin Bread Recipe

So. I'm trying something new. I attempted to run my OWN website here and after fighting with the darn thing every time I wanted to post something I thought to myself "There has to be an easier way." And of course there is. I always want to make things more complicated than they actually are :) Welcome to my life.

I realized two things yesterday while surfing Pinterest and just getting lost from one website to another. The first is that most houses are not "Pinterest Perfect" the blog My Life and Kids gave me some great insight into how messy peoples houses really are and it made me feel a tremendous amount better. And two, moms are not "doing it all", their houses are messy and their kids rooms you can barely walk through. The best part is that they are letting other things slide to do what makes them happy without feeling guilty about it. Not rocket science but I have been trying to do EVERYTHING and I'm exhausted!

So now for that Pumpkin Bread Recipe I promised you back in November.

Nothing beats picking a pumpkin and getting the puree yourself, it makes for a MUCH tastier bread. However, the canned pumpkin works just as well, just make sure it is pure puree not the one for pumpkin pie.

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

3 cups All Purpose Flour
1 1/2 cups Sugar
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Baking POWDER

1 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
3/4 tsp Nutmeg
3/4 tsp Cloves
OR 1 tbsp of Pumpkin Spice (to replace other spices)

3 Eggs
16oz or 2 cups pumpkin
1 cup Salad Oil*

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix dry ingredients.
3 In seperate bowl mix wet ingredients.
4. Combine wet and dry ingredients.
5. Pour batter in to a prepared (spray with cooking spray) loaf pan or mini loaf pan.
6. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes for loaf pan and 30  minutes for mini loaf pan.
7. Let cool and enjoy!

*I've used both Olive Oil and Vegetable Oil for this recipe and I prefer the Olive Oil :)

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