By Mike Thayer
Simply put, as the name suggests, this pumpkin bread is awesome. A double batch is pictured right. It’s a recipe given to me by an ex-girlfriend. My nickname for her was Awesome, hence the name for the recipe. She really knows how to bake and we really enjoyed cooking, baking, grilling, shopping, dining out and gardening together, 15 months worth of good times. But she violated Mike’s Relationship Rule #1: Communicate. Deal breaker.
Ingredients
- 3-1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups solid pack pumpkin
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup chopped pecans (or walnuts)
- 1 cup raisins
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside. Using a mixer, combine the pumpkin, oil, sugar and eggs. Mix until well blended. Add dry ingredients and mix well. By hand, mix in the nuts and raisins. Pour the loaf pans half full with batter. Pipe cream cheese over that half layer of batter. Pour remaining batter to fill the pans. Bake for 50 – 55 minutes or until you get a clean toothpick test. Cool pans on wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pans to cool completely.
For the cream cheese filling:
- 2 bricks (8 ounce packages) of cream cheese – softened
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and sugar. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
And excellent addition to your holiday menu, enjoy!
$pend Wisely My Friends…
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Awesome Holiday Pumpkin Bread – Bachelor on the Cheap
By Mike Thayer
Simply put, as the name suggests, this pumpkin bread is awesome. A double batch is pictured right. It’s a recipe given to me by an ex-girlfriend. My nickname for her was Awesome, hence the name for the recipe. She really knows how to bake and we really enjoyed cooking, baking, grilling, shopping, dining out and gardening together, 15 months worth of good times. But she violated Mike’s Relationship Rule #1: Communicate. Deal breaker.
Ingredients
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside. Using a mixer, combine the pumpkin, oil, sugar and eggs. Mix until well blended. Add dry ingredients and mix well. By hand, mix in the nuts and raisins. Pour the loaf pans half full with batter. Pipe cream cheese over that half layer of batter. Pour remaining batter to fill the pans. Bake for 50 – 55 minutes or until you get a clean toothpick test. Cool pans on wire rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pans to cool completely.
For the cream cheese filling:
In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and sugar. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
And excellent addition to your holiday menu, enjoy!
$pend Wisely My Friends…
Enjoy this post?
If you appreciate the article you just read and want to support more great content on BachelorontheCheap.com, you can help keep this site going with a one-time or a monthly donation. Thank you so much for your support! ~ Mike