Pumpkin Bread
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Try this moist bread with butter or a mild cheese—or dip it in pumpkin soup for an extra hearty experience.
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Ingredients:
| 2 sticks | unsalted butter |
| 2 1/2 cups | all-purpose flour |
| 1 cup | light-brown sugar |
| 1 cup | granulated sugar |
| 2 teaspoons | baking powder |
| 1 teaspoon | baking soda |
| 2 teaspoons | cinnamon |
| 3/4 teaspoon | ground cloves |
| 2 cups | peeled, seeded, and grated pumpkins (use a small-holed grater) |
| 3 | large eggs |
| 1/2 cup | buttermilk |
| 1 1/2 teaspoons | vanilla extract |
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 9- by 5-inch loaf pans or two 8-inch cake pans and set aside.
Combine flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, and spices in a large bowl. Add grated pumpkin and toss.
Whisk eggs, buttermilk, butter, and vanilla in a medium bowl and stir into dry ingredients.
Transfer to prepared pans and bake on middle shelf of oven until a wooden skewer inserted into center of bread tests clean, about 35 minutes. Cool in pans on a wire rack. Run a knife around edges to release bread from pans.
Source: countryliving.com
