Four years after my mother's death, I finally dealt with going through her many boxes of pictures and books. I loved reading the spiral notebook of recipes she had assembled over many years. Growing up, I would always ask her to make this moist pumpkin bread. Enjoy.
Ingredients
- 3 cups white sugar
- 2.67 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 can pumpkin purée , 15 ounce
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 0.67 cups water , room temperature
- 0.5 cups pecans , roughly chopped
Instructions
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1
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8x4-inch loaf pans.
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2
Whisk sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice together in a bowl. Add pumpkin purée, vegetable oil, eggs, and water; mix well. Fold in pecans.
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3
Divide mixture between the 2 prepared loaf pans.
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4
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
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