[recipe] Pumpkin Pecan Loaves

[Guest guest]

Another of my favorite pumpkin bread recipes.

I do think next time I make these I will stir in

some white chocolate chips, a la Judy! *lol*

That recipe she shared for pumpkin pecan

bread with white chips is next on my list of

goodies to bake.

 

Pumpkin Pecan Loaves

 

3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

3 cups sugar

2 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 tsp. ground nutmeg

1 can [15 oz.] solid-pack pumpkin

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs, lightly beaten

2/3 cup water

1/2 cup chopped pecans

 

Caramel glaze:

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup whipping cream

2/3 cup confectioners' sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

 

In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients.

Combine pumpkin, eggs oil, and water; mix well.

Stir into dry ingredients just until combined; fold in

the pecans. Spoon into two greased loaf pans.

Bake at 350? for 60 to 65 minutes or until a toothpick

inserted near the center comes out clean.

Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans.

For glaze, combine butter, sugar and brown sugar,

and cream in a saucepan. Cook until sugar is dissolved.

Cool for 20 minutes. Stir in confectioners' sugar and

vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over cooled loves.

Yield: 2 loaves

 

~ PT ~

 

What is sweeter than mead? - Intimate conversation.

~ " The Wooing of Ailbe " , early Irish story