Not Your Mother’s Pumpkin Bread

This adult version of an old classic is not as sweet as its predecessors. It has subtle and tantalizing spicing. Delish!

Original recipe makes 3 – 8×4 inch loaves

Ingredients

2 cups white sugar
1 1/4 cups light brown sugar
1 cup walnut oil
1 (29 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
4 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup cream sherry
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts

  • PREP

    20 mins

  • COOK

    1 hr 5 mins

  • READY IN

    1 hr 25 mins

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease three 8×4 inch loaf pans.
  2. In a large bowl, beat together white sugar, brown sugar and oil. Stir in the pumpkin. Mix in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition.
  3. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, coriander and salt. Stir dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture until smooth. Stir in cream sherry. Beat till thoroughly blended, 1 to 2 minutes. Fold in nuts. Spoon batter into 3 greased 8×4 inch loaf pans, filling no more than three quarters full.
  4. Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes in pans before turn out onto wire racks to cool completely. Can be kept at room temp. for 4 days or frozen.

Nutrition

Calories: 227 kcal
Carbohydrates: 31.6 g
Cholesterol: 24 mg
Fat: 10.1 g
Fiber: 1.5 g
Protein: 3.4 g
Sodium: 279 mg