High school is usually a horrible memory for most people. Don’t get me wrong, I would never want to go back and I was a little bit nerdy for most of it, but I have some GREAT memories from high school. After moving across the country between 10th and 11th grade and being all teenage angsty for half of Junior year, I finally began to settle in at Northville High School and make some friends. My friends consisted pretty much 100% of choir and theater people. We were together all the time at rehearsals and such so why not just hang out in our spare time too, right? I actually met my husband in the first play I ever did at NHS, but that’s neither here nor there. The point of this story actually has nothing to do with the story I just told…..oh well, the point is that our choir department would sell this pumpkin bread at the Victorian Festival each fall. We would all sign up to bake it and then sign up for a slot with our friends to sell the bread at the booth. Let me tell you, I don’t have much other experience with pumpkin bread other than this…..but God is it good! I have made it every Thanksgiving since high school and it gets rave reviews every time!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup corn oil
- 3 cup sugar
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1 1lb can of pumpkin
- 3.5 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/2 tsp cloves
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp allspice (or 3 tsp pumpkin pie seasoning)
Directions:
- Combine sugar, oil, and eggs.
- Add pumpkin.
- Sift dry ingredients into above mixture.
- Add water and mix well.
- Bake in a lightly greased and floured bread tin at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
This recipe makes 3 regular sized loaves and freezes really well if you want to enjoy at a later date! I also suggest either making or buying cream cheese icing for it. A slice of pumpkin bread with a little cream cheese icing spread on it is the best! I hope you all enjoy and have a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow!
Yes to the cream cheese icing!
This would make my entire house smell delicious. I usually don’t like pumpkin but I have had a pumpkin bread loaf from a friend the other day and it’s really tasty!
I do not miss high school at ALL! I love the way pumpkin bread makes the house smell. It just screams the holidays. This looks delicious. Happy Thanksgiving friend!
How delicious! I may need to make this tomorrow before heading out for the festivities!
I love pumpkin bread! We get it fairly often during the fall thanks to a law firm that works closely with my husband’s bank, but I’ve never made it myself. Looks delicious!
This looks super yummy! I’m always down for pumpkin bread. Ahh…choir memories. I remember we sold those See’s Candy’s chocolate eggs every year as a fundraiser. Good times :).
That bread looks delicious. I still have some pumpkin left over. I need to make this.
Yummy! I have a can of pumpkin leftover from my last pumpkin recipe, so I totally want to make this!
I LOVE pumpkin bread! It’s so yummy! I can’t wait to have all my favorite desserts tomorrow during Thanksgiving <3
This is one delicious looking bread, thanks for the recipe
Love pumpkin bread – I will definitely have to try this recipe!
I bet my husband would love this. I don’t like pumpkin but he loves it.
I’ve never made a homemade pumpkin bread before. Would love to try this.
Yum! I will never get over my Pumpkin obsession!
Oh delicious! I want to make some now! I love holiday baking.
Can’t wait to conquer another pumpkin recipe.
Pumpkin bread is one of my all-time favorites!! I will try out this recipe