Best Pumpkin Bread

This is the best pumpkin bread I ever ate, made completely from scratch! This recipe is for 3 loaves, so perfect when baking for a crowd or freeze extras.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 285 Calories

Ingredients

• 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups chopped walnuts
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
• 6 large eggs
• 3 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 4 cups brown sugar
• 3 ½ cups fresh pumpkin puree
• 1 mashed ripe banana
• 3 teaspoons ground cloves
• ¾ cup green hulled pumpkin seeds (pepitas)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9x5-inch inch loaf pans.

Step 2

Combine brown sugar, pumpkin puree, banana, oil, and eggs in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until well combined. Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and walnuts. Slowly mix into pumpkin mixture until well blended. Divide batter evenly between the prepared pans. Sprinkle with pepitas.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until the top of the loaf springs back when lightly pressed, 45 minutes to 1 hour.