I realize this is not the right time of the year for pumpkin-based foods, but I had a craving! I haven’t made this bread since living in Australia, about 3 years ago now, and I loved it then.
The recipe I used comes from Simply Recipes (but left out the walnuts). After tasting the pumpkin bread today and trying to compare it to what I remember from 3 years ago, it doesn’t seem to be quite as tasty as it was back then. I used a butternut squash instead of pumpkin – I boiled chunks of the squash, peeled off the skin and pureed the squash in a blender. Today I used a canned pureed pumpkin. This is the only difference. Maybe the squash made the difference, and/or the fact that it was fresh.
It is still a nice bread, however, and I would recommend it if you’d like a change from the usual banana bread. It’s almost like a bread version of pumpkin pie, but not quite, and it is really moist. Also tastes nice with coffee. :)
just found your blog – bookmarked a couple of things that I have to try! Nice pics too!
Your loaf looks beautiful. I love pumpkin anything. I generally use canned pumpkin because I am too lazy to use the real squash.
Mmm… this looks so good. It looks perfectly moist and pumpkin bread-y.
I made this gorgeous bread this afternoon and am now so full that we won’t be eating dinner!
I did make it with the walnuts in and it’s a really nice cake with lots of different taste collisions. Despite complaints by my waistline I will be making it again! =)
It took me a little longer than it should have seeing as I photographed all the stages.
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