I love sweets in all shapes and forms, but lately I’ve been partial to simple and classic baked goods. In my family, that classic favorite is pumpkin bread. I find something so satisfying about picking apart a soft, slightly warm piece of homemade pumpkin bread. It just screams autumn!
This is essentially the same Betty Crocker-inspired recipe that I use for my Pumpkin Bread Streusel Muffins - it’s easy, delicious, and pretty much impossible to go wrong with.
classic pumpkin bread (yields 8-12 slices)
ingredients:
- 1/2 can (7.5 ounces) canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 3/4 cup + 1.5 tbsp granular sugar
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups flour (I used 3/4 cup white and 3/4 cup whole wheat)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan.
- Combine pumpkin, sugar, oil, vanilla, and eggs in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon.
- Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, combine.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool for a few minutes before removing from loaf pan.
I’m notorious for being impatient around baked goods, but thankfully the pumpkin bread didn’t entirely fall apart when I went in early for the slice.
The loaf was somewhat crispy on the outside but perfectly soft and moist inside.
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Top with a smear of butter, and pair it with a cup of hot tea for the perfect fall afternoon snack.
…or you could warm up a slice and top it with vanilla ice cream. And whipped cream. And melty peanut butter. Just sayin’.
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THANK YOU to everyone who entered the giveaway! The lucky winner is:
Congratulations Meg! Please email me at gracie@girlmeetslife.com with your full name, mailing address, and shirt size.
Ta ta, sweets! xoxo G
- Do you have a tried and true favorite family recipe?
Angie says
mmmm pumpkin bread! i love your fall eats!! cream cheese would go lovely with this as well!
A warm piece spread with butter sounds delicious to me!
Love pumpkin bread!
Mmm…reminds me of the morning after Thanksgiving. I think I’ll be having this very soon when I go home for the holiday.
yay! You aren’t going to believe this but I was JUST about to hunt down a pumpkin bread recipe after reading your blog, HAHA! And I have all the ingredients
Thanks for sharing!
Pumpkin bread, hot, with a bit of butta sounds darn fabulous! Yum!
I’ve been wanting to bake pumpkin cookies like crazy and this is doing nothing to help the situation. Thanks Gracie
And congrats to Meg!!
aw yay to meg! Im made some pumpkin bread muffins this weekend! Im pretty sure Sean has already eaten them all up though!
These look like they would be awesome with cream cheese frosting.
Cream cheese frosting? OHHH YEAH. A girl after my own heart
Cat @ YoungHungryFoolish says
Thank you for posting this! I’m carving pumpkins tomorrow night and this will be the perfect carvin’ treat!
Mmm… the pumpkin bread looks delicious! Last fall I baked everything from pumpkin bread to pumpkin pie, but I haven’t had the time to bake this year
Thanks for posting the recipe!
My sister makes my grandmother’s stuffing every year at Thanksgiving…it’s a family fave.
1. I love this is classic. 2. I have all the ingredients, which makes me love this even more.
Congrats Meg! She is totally deserving of the prize - a wonderful lady if you ask me!
I <3 pumpkin bread. It really is one of the best loafs EVER!
Pumpkin Bread looks so incredibly good!
That looks like it came out perfect-o! Can’t go wrong with simple ingredients like flour & sugar
That loaf looks perfect! Can you believe I’ve never had pumpkin bread?! This makes me really want to make some right now instead of studying for my midterms.
Your pumpkin bread looks amazing! I, too, have a tried and true sweet bread recipe. It’s my Mom’s Zucchini Bread - I posted a healthier version on my blog. http://foodfitnessandfun.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/erikas-zucchini-bread/
I had pumpkin muffins with melty peanut butter on top today! Yum…
I <3 Pumpkin Bread! Some would be great right about now…
Cat @ YoungFoolishHungry says
I made your pumpkin bread last night; it was fabulous! I also took your advice and melted some peanut butter on a slice this evening…heavenly. Thank you for sharing the recipe! I posted about it here: chattycatty4.wordpress.com.
Gracie,
I have some leftover pumpkin pie mix. I know it says not to use that in this recipe, but will there be a huge difference if I do? Thanks! -Carrie