Pumpkin Tea Bread


Course : Breads
Serves: 12
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Ingredients:


2/3 cup vegetable shortening -- softened

2 2/3 cups granulated sugar

4 large eggs

2 cups pumpkin puree

2/3 cup water

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom -- optional

1 cup pecans or walnuts -- chopped

1 cup raisins -- optional
 

Preparation / Directions:


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a Bundt pan or two 5x9-inch loaf pans. In a mixing bowl, cream together shortening and sugar. Beat in eggs. Add pumpkin and water, stirring until blended. Sift together dry ingredients and spices. Stir into pumpkin mixture with a wooden spoon, just until blended. Fold in nuts and raisins. Pour into prepared pan(s). Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick tests clean. Let cool 10 minutes in pan, then turn out on rack to cool completely. cals: 549, 20 g fat. Cook's Notes: "We don't have tea time the way the rest of the world might. Most mornings, I stop at 10:00 to have a few minutes to relax and think and talk with Dad. That's our "T-time"...valuable time. We never mind though, when friends and neighbors drop in to joi


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