It’s easy to make our delicious pumpkin bread recipe from scratch. Prep time is only around 10 minutes, so your house will fill with the tempting aroma of fall spices in no time. And this recipe is versatile, so it covers all kinds of cravings—you can add nuts, raisins or chocolate chips if you’d like. Bake a few pumpkin loaves at one time, then freeze so you can enjoy later for a tasty treat any day of the week.

Prep

10 mins

Bake

1 hr 20 mins

Total

1 hr 30 mins

Yield

About 8 servings

Ingredients

• All-Purpose Flour | - | 2 cups
• Pumpkin Pie Spice, or Cinnamon, Ground Ginger, and Ground Cloves | - | 1-1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice, or 1 teaspoon cinnamon plus 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger and 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• Baking Powder | 62712 | 1-1/2 teaspoons
• Baking Soda | 66552 | 3/4 teaspoon
• Salt | - | 1/2 teaspoon
• Pumpkin Puree | - | 1 can (15 ounces)
• Granulated Sugar | 53572 | 1-1/2 cups
• Vegetable Oil | - | 1/2 cup
• Eggs | - | 3
• Mix-Ins (such as chopped nuts, raisins or chocolate chips, optional) | - | 1/2 cup

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare loaf pan with vegetable pan spray.
2. In large bowl, combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
3. In medium bowl, whisk together pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs until smooth.
4. Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture, stirring until just combined. Fold in mix-ins, if using.
5. Pour into prepared loaf pan. Bake 65-72 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
6. Cool in pan on cooling rack 15 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely.