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Does anyone have a good pumpkin bread recipe?

ETA: I was checking out the menus for different restaurants at Disneyland/DCA just now. When you go as often as I do, you tend to get really sick of burgers and fries really quick. Oh, sometimes I'm in the mood, but more often than not I'm looking for something else.

Anyway, I was looking at the Corn Dog Castle's menu which is a fairly lame thing to do since 1) their menu is basically...corn dogs, and 2) it's looking at Disneyland menus, for cripes' sake. But I noticed you can now get apples instead of chips with your corn dog! Hooray! And then I noticed that other places will now let you swap coleslaw for fries with your sandwich, which isn't as yay as the apples, but still is better.

Don't get me wrong, I do like fries, but after a long day at an amusement park, sometimes the last thing I want to see is fried food, much less eat. Blech. (And this is why

poohmusings,

diavestra and I will wind up at that wine place in DCA more often than not.

So, um, yay! Apples! /random

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i was not aware such a thing existed.
if you do find one, let me know. i'd love to try it.

Really? I lurve pumpkin bread.

1) Go to Trader Joe's.
2) Buy Pumpkin Bread Mix.
3) Follow instructions on box.
4) YUM.

/got nothin'

Oh yeah? I've never tried their mix before. Think I might have to pick up a box to check it out.

Every year a friend and I get together and make Christmas goodies. We've started talking about it and one thing on the list is pumpkin bread this year. Neither of us have a tried-and-true recipe though.

TJ's also has Pumpkin Butter, which, when combined with the pumpkin bread, creates a moment of pure yay.

Oooooh, yes, this is true. *makes mental note to go to TJ's tomorrow*

Lemme dig out my recipe book. I will probably be able to provide one shortly.

WOO!!

This is the recipe I use, courtesy of Mr. Alton Brown (except he adds pumpkin seeds, and I do not)

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups shredded fresh pumpkin

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Sift the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together.

In a separate bowl, mix the sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla. Combine both mixtures and fold in the shredded pumpkin. Once the ingredients are all incorporated pour into a non- stick 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan. If your pan is not non- stick coat it with butter and flour.

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. At this point a knife inserted into the middle of the loaf should come out clean. Cool for 15 minutes and turn out onto a cooling rack. Cool completely. For muffins temperature should also be 325 degrees F., but bake for 30 minutes.

AWESOME! Thank you!