Autumn through my eyes, Pt. 3: Pumpkin Bread

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What else would it be? Of course I couldn´t finish my autumn series without my favourite autumn recipe!
As you probably all know by now, autumn (or fall, depends on where you´re from) is filled with pumpkins and pumpkin spice, which is the holy grail spice for all the pumpkin lovers out there. Honestly, I don´t quite understand why it´s called pumpkin spice, because it´s not made of pumpkins... AT ALL! (my mind´s playing tricks on me again!) It´s basically a combination of three spices; nutmeg, cinnamon and clove, each one having a particular taste. Together, they are THE match made in heaven.

I am not sure what the origins of the pumpkin bread are, some tell me it´s from Britain, others think it´s from the States because they are the authors of the autumnal/halloweenish tradition. Anyway, I don´t really care about its origins, the most important aspect for me is the heavenly taste. :)

So let´s get to the most important part; What do we need?

2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup pumpkin pure (or mashed pumpkin)

Preheat the oven to 175°C and start mixing all the dry ingredients in a bowl. When you´re done, take another bowl and beat the butter with the sugar. When it´s all mixed up, add the pumpkin and eggs. Don´t get scared if the mixture looks a bit chunky, it´s going to look delish once you are finished.  Start adding the dry mixture and be careful if you use an electric kitchen tool, because if you add too much on a high speed, your kitchen may look a bit dusty :)

Meanwhile, take a baking pan and cover it with baking paper. Pour the mixture in and put it in the oven for at least one hour. If the bread seems to be done but you are not sure, you can always chceck it by piercing a thin wooden stick in the middle of the bread. If the stick comes out clean, the bread is done. Just let it cool and you can enjoy the beauty called the pumpkin bread.  You can serve it with marmelade or butter, but I personally like it with a little bit of peanut butter.

If you decide to try and bake the bread, I hope you´ll like it as much as I do. Just to make it all clear, I took some photos when I baked my bread last week.
Enjoy!

Until next time,
čauko, Lenka :)
Ingredients (plus brown sugar)

My mashed pumpkin mixture

Brown sugar

Beating the butter

Adding the sugar to the beaten butter

Adding the pumpkin

Adding the two eggs

Gradually adding the dry mixture

The final product

Location: Galanta, Slovakia

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