Golden Raisin Pumpkin Bread Recipes

GRANDMA'S PUMPKIN BREAD - A MOIST PUMPKIN BREAD RECIPE (WITH NUTS, RAISINS OR CHOCOLATE CHIPS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9 x 5 inch bread pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine pumpkin, sugar, oil and eggs and mix well.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
• Add sifted, dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix until smooth.
• Optional step: add in one or more of the optional additions. If adding raisins, be sure to drain off soaking water first.
• Pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for approximately 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.

RAISIN-FILLED PUMPKIN SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, sift together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add sugar, oil, eggs and buttermilk. Mix well. Stir in flavorings, pumpkin, raisins and pecans. Pour into two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 60-65 minutes or until bread tests done. Let stand 10 minutes before removing from pans. Cool on a wire rack.

GRANDMA'S PUMPKIN BREAD WITH RAISINS AND PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Cream sugar and shortening in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in pumpkin puree, eggs, and water. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and baking powder in a separate bowl; stir into the egg mixture. Fold in pecans and raisins. Spoon equal amounts of batter into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.

GOLDEN RAISIN PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Scald milk; stir in pumpkin, shortening, sugar, salt and spices.
• Cool to luke warm.
• Sprinkle yeast on warm water; stir to dissolve.
• To the yeast, add 3 cups flour, the milk mixture, and eggs.
• Beat with electric mixer at medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally.
• Stir in raisins (if desired).
• Mix in enough remaining flour, a little at a time, first with a spoon and then with hands, to make a dough that leaves the sides of bowl.
• Turn onto lightly floured counter.
• Knead until smooth and elastic, 8-10 minutes.
• (This step could probably be done with a KitchenAid Mixer and a bread hook for several minutes).
• Place dough in a lightly greased bowl and turn over to grease top.
• Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled in size (about 1- 1 1/2 hours).
• Punch down.
• Turn out onto counter and divide dough in half.
• Shape in loafs and place in 2 greased 9X5X3-inch loaf pans.
• Brush tops of loaves with melted butter.
• Cover and let rise until almost doubled, about 50 minutes.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 375°F for about 35 minutes, or until bread tests done.

PUMPKIN & GINGER TEABREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/ fan 160C. Butter and line the base and two long sides of a 1.5kg loaf tin with a strip of baking paper.
• Mix the butter, honey and egg and stir in the pumpkin or squash. Then mix in the sugar, flour and ginger.
• Pour into the prepared tin and sprinkle the top with the demerara sugar. Bake for 50-60 minutes, until risen and golden brown. Leave in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out and cool on a wire rack. Serve thickly sliced and buttered.

GOLDEN PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Beat together pumpkin, sugars, eggs, and oil.
• Combined dry ingredients and add to pumpkin mixture alternately with sour cream and water; mixing well after each addition.
• Stir in raisins and pecans.
• Pour into two well greased 9 X 5- inch loaf pans.
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan.
• •Variation: Substitute one 10-inch tube pan for the two loaf pan; bake in a pre-heated 350°F oven l hour and 25 minutes.

PUMPKIN BREAD PUDDING WITH RAISINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the eggs, pumpkin, milk, evaporated milk, sugar, butter, cinnamon, ginger if desired, vanilla, cloves and nutmeg. Stir in the bread cubes and raisins. , Pour into a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with pecans. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve with whipped cream. Refrigerate leftovers.