Recipe: Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Bread or Muffins

Servings: 2 loaves or many mini muffins

Ingredients:

• 3 1/3 cups all purpose flour, sifted
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 ½ cups canned pumpkin
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2/3 cup water

Ingredients for Topping:

• 2 tbsp salted butter, melted
• 2 tbsp granulated sugar
• ½ tsp cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Stir the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg & sugar together in a mixing bowl. Quickly add eggs, pumpkin, oil, & water.
3. Mix with a dough hook (or by hand) until dry ingredients are just moistened.
4. Put mixture into 2 greased loaf pans (or mini muffin pans); bake for 1 hour.
5. Let cool for 5 minutes, then transfer from pans to a wire rack.
6. While loaves are still warm, brush on the melted butter and then sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.