Molasses Pumpkin Bread
Recipe: #2287
November 09, 2011
Categories: Breads, Dates, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Oven Bake, Quick Breads, more
"A rich, moist pumpkin bread with dates (or raisins)"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (94.3 g)
- Calories 275.4
- Total Fat - 12.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.1 g
- Cholesterol - 34.5 mg
- Sodium - 217.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 38.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.9 g
- Sugars - 20.8 g
- Protein - 4.4 g
- Calcium - 75.2 mg
- Iron - 1.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350F. Coat a 9x5-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Step 2
In a mixing bowl, whisk together the first 8 ingredients.
Step 3
In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer, beat the butter for a minute or so, then gradually beat in the molasses. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then add the pumpkin.
Step 4
Combine the milk and vanilla in a measuring cup.
Step 5
Alternate adding the flour mixture and the milk mixture to the pumpkin mixture. (don’t overbeat). Fold in the nuts and dates (or raisins).
Step 6
Pour batter in to prepared pan and bake for 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Step 7
Let cool in pan on wire rack for about 10 minutes and remove from pan and cool completely before slicing.
Tips
No special items needed.