This weekend we are hosting some family from Montreal…this weekend is their Thanksgiving so we are putting together a fallish/Thanksgiving-ish meal since they will not be home for the holiday, but in our homes!
I would like to make pumpkin bread tomorrow to eat Saturday evening with our meal. I don’t want a “sweet” bread recipe -so no sweet crumble or glaze or anything. Nuts ok. Something not overly complicated.
Anyone have a tried and true recipe? I’ll also be using canned pumpkin - so if you like baking your own pumpkin great, but it will not happen in the time I have available to put this together.
And yes, pumpkin - because it is October now! (but we will be having an APPLE pie!!!)
Well, I was envisioning a quick bread type…I wouldn’t be opposed to the yeast type but again, time. I do make the quick yeast bread that sits overnight…don’t know if I could do add-ins to that recipe to make it work…and this isn’t the time to experiment!
I realize that a quick bread will still be a little sweet, but there is “sweet” and “sweet with crumble/glaze/cream cheese filling” - don’t want the latter!
This is the best pumpkin bread recipe. It will be sweet but it avoids all those crumble/glaze/fillings.
I do make changes. I replace half the oil with a stick of melted butter. You could also replace the other 1/2 cup of oil with applesauce to make it healthier but that would add sweetness. I replace have the white sugar with brown sugar. You could also cut the sugar down by around a 1/2 cup with no issues. I also adjust the spices to fit my preferences. I leave out the clove since I’m not a fan and double the cinnamon and ginger. It tastes better on the 2nd and 3rd day so make ahead. It makes two large, generous loaves which is what I do instead of 3. Use the toothpick test or a skewer to test for doneness. Might need a little extra time. Everyone loves this bread. It freezes exceptionally well.
I saw a recipe for some honey pumpkins yeast raised rolls - tough to pass them up but I have to prepare a few different dishes in limited time so those will have to wait for another time…
@doschicos your epicurious recipe looks like a winner.
The two offered recipes have two cups of sugar and three cups of sugar. No doubt delicious, but y’know, something with three cups of sugar in it counts as sweet.
So I asked Mr. Google about savory pumpkin bread recipes without so much sugar. You have never seen such a collection of bad-looking recipes, leaden bread barely suitable for doorstops. However, this one looks tasty and decorative: https://www.aspicyperspective.com/pumpkin-bread-recipe/2/
No that sounds good though. I like a less sweet bread which is why I cut the sugar. But I agree with @“Cardinal Fang” that the Google gives some bad advice when trying to find savory recipes. Closest I came was the yeasted which takes longer.
@“Cardinal Fang” I did post some yeast breads, which your link is as well, with very little sugar. They’re just a different kind of bread. The quick bread recipes are definitely sweet. The sugar is high but they also produce multiple loaves per recipe.
But yes, I have made both the recipes that I posted. Several times. Maybe could just do a quick buttermilk bread with some pumpkin thrown in and some seeds baked on top.
A lot of times “pumpkin” things are actually made with butternut squash, which is not so fibrous. That squash cornbread looks like it could be tasty. Have you made it, @rosered55? If I make it I’m definitely doing the suggested substitution of butter (yum) for sunflower oil. Better with Butter ™
Right now I’m leaning towards the epicurious recipe posted by @doschicos - I need to go with something tried and true. I’ll cut down the sugar, maybe add some nuts - and go with the butter!
Nearly every pumpkin bread recipe I’ve seen in my life that’s described as the “best pumpkin bread” ever uses the same ingredients, in the same proportions, as that epicurious recipe. So I don’t think you can go wrong using it.
Yes, the recipe labeled Downeast Pumpkin Bread isn’t specific to Epicurious. You can find it on Allrecipes as wellm for example, with thousands of reviews. I’m not sure where it originated from.
