Every year, I make pumpkin bread in the fall.
It’s just something that has to be made at this time of year! So yesterday, I finally made it! I love this recipe as it makes a lot of bread! I make mini-loaves for the girls’ teachers, and this recipe makes enough for all of the teachers, plus some for us! I made 5 mini-loaves and one skimpy 8″ x 4″ pan.
The recipe is very easy to make! 
Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 2 2/3 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin
- 2/3 cup water
- 3 1/3 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- 2/3 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)
- 2/3 cup raisins (optional)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350º.
- Grease 2--9" x 5" or 3--8" x 4" pans. (Or 4 mini-loaf pans--mine were 5.75" x 3")
- Cream shortening and sugar.
- Stir in eggs, pumpkin, and water.
- Blend in flour, soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and cloves.
- Stir in nuts and raisins.
- Pour into pans.
- Bake about 70 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- For my small pans, it was about 40 minutes until the toothpick could come out clean.
Kiley tasting the batter.
Am I considered one of the teachers???? Just kidding!!!! I think any recipe with shortening just has a crispy taste.
Well, I just told Joshua that he can take the extra one to his little lamb teacher! 🙂
Awww your lil one is so cute!!! looks yummy!
Thanks! We enjoy eating pumpkin every year!
I love pumpkin bread! When you say shortening in the recipe, do you mean Crisco or margarine?
I used Crisco (Aldi’s version), but you could probably substitute with butter or margarine or coconut oil.
I bet the teachers really appreciate their mini loaves!
I hope so! They took them to school today, and I took a couple of pictures. I’m guest hosting for Jill Wilson the day before Thanksgiving, and I’ll include some pictures in that post!
This looks like a great recipe. I LOVE anything pumpkin!
I am okay with pumpkin, but I have to make my pumpkin recipes in the fall!
Yum! I love pumpkin bread! I also love your food photography in this! They look great!
Thanks for the photo compliments. Your photos are always so great!
Your daughter looks like she is enjoying to best part! 🙂
She sure enjoyed it! When I start baking, at least 2 chairs are pulled up to the counter to “help!”
Yum, I love pumpkin bread! I bet the teachers enjoyed it!
I hope so! The kids sure enjoyed taking it to them.
Mmmmm pumpkin bread. Wow you busy bee got a lot of loaves done.
That’s the nice thing about that recipe–it makes a lot!
AAAAAANNNNNDDDDD its on. I am totally making this this week! I have like 10 cans of pumpkin to use up before I get sick of pumpkin!
Wow! That’s a ton of pumpkin! You’re going to be baking like crazy!
We made this yesterday (Tuesday) and it turned out well, Thanks!
I’m glad it turned out well for you! It has always made beautiful looking loaves for me –some bread recipes don’t do that for me!
Your bread is very tempting in the middle of night. LOL… It looks great.
Thanks! I try not to look at things in the middle of the night! 😉
Yummy! I cannot wait to try this recipe! HUGE fan of anything Pumpkin
Great! Let me know how you like it!
These look SO good! Thanks for linking up with “Try a New Recipe Tuesday.” I hope you will be able to join us again this week. http://our4kiddos.blogspot.com/2013/11/try-new-recipe-tuesday-november-12.html
I appreciate a good simple and seasonal recipe. Thanks for sharing your pumpkin bread with us on foodie friday.
Thanks for hosting the link-up! I love coming and linking up and appreciate the hard work you put into it.