Scrumptious Pumpkin Bread



Mmmm, cream cheese frosting.



Since the weather has started to cool and the leaves are finally changing colour I got the urge to bake something pumpkin-y. (Also had to try and impress the in-laws that were visiting. Heh heh heh.) I found a recipe for pumpkin bread here (Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread) and tweaked it a bit to make my own version. Instead of baking three loaves I made one loaf and 12 muffins.

They were so good that I may or may not have eaten five muffins already today. 

Pumpkin muffins, tasty even without the frosting.

All of these are now in my belly.

Scrumptious Pumpkin Bread & Muffins

Prep Time: 15 min, Cook Time: 60 min, Ready In: 1 hour, 15 min

Makes 3 ‘7x3’ inch loaf pans or 1 ‘7x3’ inch loaf pan and 12 muffins

Ingredients

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree

4 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 stick unsalted butter, melted and cooled

2/3 cup water

2 cups white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

3 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans or grease and flour one loaf pan and line muffin tin with paper liners.
2. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, butter, water, sugar, and vanilla until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
3. Bake the loaves for about 60 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. For the muffins, bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Don't forget to put some tinfoil over top of the loaf about halfway through cooking time to prevent over-browning.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:
1/4 cup cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1+1/2 cup icing sugar

Directions:
In bowl, beat cream cheese with butter; beat in vanilla. Beat in sugar in 2 additions until smooth.