So I have pumpkin, pecans and oatmeal a-plenty... the makings of a great experimental bread me thinks!
I have come across a few different pumpkin bread recipes and after looking at them all... they are all pretty much the same. So I decided to just use the recipe from my trusty Better Homes and Gardens $5 Bargain cookbook altered a little to make way for the oats and a little extra yumminess for the topping.
Here we go:
1 cup AP Flour (I have officially opened my second bag of back up flour now!)
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tbspn baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup shortening
1/2 cup flour
1 cup oats
1/2 chopped Pecans
1. Grease the bottom and sides of a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan, and dust with flour. Set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl combine 1 cup of the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda. Add pumpkin, milk, eggs and shortening. Beat with hand mixer on low speed until blended. Then beat on medium to high for two minutes. Add the additional flour and oats and beat until blended. Fold in the nuts.
3. Spoon batter into prepared loaf pan.
Topping:
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbspn oil
3 tbspn oats
4. Mix topping ingredients together. And sprinkle over the batter in the loaf pan (I just made this part up all on my own, so there most likely will be some left over).
5. Bake at 350 for 60-65 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (NOTE: in my crazy electric oven this only took 25 minutes..... so keep an eye on it...!?) Cool in a pan on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes. Remove loaf from pan and cool completely on wire rack. If you are not planning on eating this all at once right away, wrap it tightly in aluminum foil and it will stay nice and moist for up to a week.... if it sticks around that long....
In my house it did not. Justin has never like nuts... and still he even really liked it and requested I make it again. So this one = a success. And it looks good too!
