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Getting pumped

Not that kind of pumped:  MY kind of pumped— as in pumpkin bread.

Yeah, I’m talking food again.  Can’t help it;   it’s that time of year.

Just a few days before Thanksgiving;   by now my sister’s already baked and frozen a dozen loaves of pumpkin bread.  The first one is always waiting when we arrive at her house in Washington, D.C.

I love Thanksgiving.   All I have to do is show up.

Only this year we’re not going east.

And Thanksgiving can’t  happen without pumpkin bread.

So I really do have to get pumped.    Starting tonight.

2 down, 10 to go.

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Here’s the recipe (back by popular demand )

PUMPKIN BREAD

Blend in one large bowl :

3 eggs

2 cups canned pumpkin

1  1/2 cups sugar

1  1/2 cups brown sugar

1 cup oil (I use safflower)

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon nutmeg  (If I don’t have one of the spices, I skip it; it’s still great)

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspooon baking powder

Mix well; pour into two loaf pans, greased and floured.  Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hr.–1  1/4 hours (or more, until bread pulls away from edges of pan)

P.S.   At my sister’s, we eat HER pumpkin bread.   Trust me, my recipe is better (and easier) but if you want hers, click here.

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  1. Leah says

    November 22, 2009 at 8:26 am

    I have never tried your recipe. However, I tried many different versions of pumpkin bread, and nothing is as good as my mom’s recipe

  2. carla says

    November 22, 2009 at 8:37 am

    You may not be missing my pumpkin bread, but we will all be missing you this Thanksgiving.

  3. Marla Wentner says

    November 22, 2009 at 9:46 am

    Does it bake at 350 degrees? Sounds about right, but I thought I should check!

    Happy Thanksgiving, Darryle.

    Marla

  4. Julie C. Simon says

    November 22, 2009 at 10:34 am

    Only problem is, according to several news sources, there’s a shortage of canned pumpkin this year. What next????

  5. Darryle Pollack says

    November 22, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    OMG. I screwed up again.
    Not only didn’t I realize there’s a pumpkin shortage—but somehow in such a short post, I managed to leave out the baking temperature, plus insult my niece and my sister. LOL.

    Thanks, Marla, I fixed the post and added the temp–too bad Julie, I can’t do anything about the pumpkin shortage.

    As for the family: (and by the way my sister Carla NEVER comments on my blog so this is serious…)
    Carla and Leah: I know you’re both kidding but just in case…. you know I was. The major advantage of my recipe is using less bowls and less work. Also MY recipe is also yours, the one I saved from 30 years ago.
    You KNOW I didn’t mean to criticize your pumpkin bread—the way I consume it, obviously I have no complaints. I bet without me and Daniel around, this year you could make 6 loaves instead of 12.

    I don’t want to get started writing a whole post in the comments—but besides the pumpkin bread I’ll be missing everything you cook —and everyone —that means Thanksgiving to me.

  6. Darryle Pollack says

    November 22, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    All this cooking is making me lose my mind. In the middle of the next batch, I realize I don’t use safflower oil but canola oil. Also forgot to mention you can freeze the loaves and thaw later. I think proves definitively I should not spend too much time in the kitchen.

  7. Leah says

    November 22, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Thanks Darryle,

    We will miss you this year. My mom already made less loaves this year since you and Daniel won’t be thre to consume it.

    Leah

  8. Red Hamster says

    November 23, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    We did a pumpkin bread post on the same day! I hadn’t read your blog all weekend so I was not copying – honest. I’ve made 10 loaves so far, too, and still have more to bake. You can’t have Fall and Thanksgiving without pumpkin bread. And so many different recipes! And everyone’s family recipe is the best! LOL

  9. Marilee says

    November 24, 2009 at 9:19 am

    Your picture and recipe inspired me to make two loaves yesterday. It IS an easy recipe and I like the high amount of spices in it! Happy Thanksgiving, Darryle, and hi to Daniel!

  10. Darryle Pollack says

    November 24, 2009 at 10:50 am

    Sorry, Red Hamster, I’m normally not confrontational with people—or animals—especially ones I don’t know—but I beg to differ—my recipe is the best. LOL.
    Love knowing other people are absorbed in pumpkin bread, too—whether or not due to me.

    So far everyone who’s tried mine, loves it—now will add Marilee to the list, and thanks so much for letting me know, Marilee.
    And to make my world of pumpkin complete, yesterday I got a call from Daniel at school—he baked some, too!

  11. Ellyn Roth says

    November 28, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    Hi Darryle,

    We missed you at Thanksgiving. I don’t eat pumpkin bread Thanksgiving day because there is so much other great food. But I have two comments on the pumpkin bread: (1) I make pumpkin bread with Carla’s recipe (to have the rest of the weekend) but with 1 and 1/3 cups whole wheat flour instead of part of the flour, butter instead of Crisco, and with a cup of raisins. My family likes it a lot. (2) The reason Carla’s recipe has the three separate bowls, I believe, is because you don’t want to over-mix flour or it will make the bread tough.

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