Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Bread

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I used to live near Half Moon Bay and remember the Pumpkin Festival well. This recipe does a fitting tribute to the place and the fruits of the harvest. Yum...I'm smelling the loaves bake as I write... My personal preference is to decrease the oil and sugar slightly, but others will enjoy the richness and sweetness as is.

2 hours Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 1 hours

1866 calories per serving view nutrition facts

3 loaves suggest servings

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Ingredients

3	cups	sugar	granulated
3 1/2	cups	flour, all-purpose
1/2	teaspoon	salt
2	teaspoons	baking soda
1	teaspoon	cinnamon
1	teaspoon	nutmeg
4	large	eggs
1	cup	vegetable oil
2	cups	pumpkin	cooked
2/3	cup	water
1 1/2	cups	walnuts	chopped

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Butter your containers well.

Sift the dry ingredients together into a large bowl.

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and add the eggs, oil, pumpkin and water.

Beat thoroughly.

It's easier to get all the lumps out if you use an electric mixer.

Stir in the walnuts with a wooden spoon.

Pour the batter into the containers, filling each only half to two-thirds full.

Bake for 60-90 minutes, depending on the sizes of your containers.

If you're using a very small container, start checking much sooner.

The bread is done when a toothpick in the middle comes out clean.

Cool about ten minutes, then loosen the edges of the bread with a knife, and turn out of the pans to cool the rest of the way on a rack.

For baking containers, you can use a loaf pan, metal cans, or whatever.

I usually use 1-pound coffee cans, and it takes three of them.

If you want tiny loaves, you could probably use soup cans.

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I used to live near Half Moon Bay and remember the Pumpkin Festival well. This recipe does a fitting tribute to the place and the fruits of the harvest. Yum...I'm smelling the loaves bake as I write... My personal preference is to decrease the oil and sugar slightly, but others will enjoy the richness and sweetness as is.
over 5 years ago by ladyhawke9

I have been ask for this recipe time & time again. Absolutely the BEST!
over 6 years ago by EAnne

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 576g

Amount per Serving

Calories 1866 43% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 89.0g	137%
Saturated Fat 11.0g	53%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 212mg	71%
Sodium 649mg	27%
Total Carbohydrate 249.0g	83%
Dietary Fiber 10.0g	40%
Sugars 155.0g
Protein 30.0g	61%

Vitamin A	387%		Vitamin C	10%
Calcium	11%		Iron	52%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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