Recipe Tuesday - Pumpkin Cranberry Bread

Well it's not Tuesday, but I did some baking today for a bake sale, so I thought I'd share. You know I'm not big on baking, but these loaves are easy and soooo good. Actually, it's my DAD's recipe. He's the King of the Pumpkin Cranberry Bread in the family. I just try to keep up. 

If you happen to be going to the Mariemont High School Fall musical this weekend, be sure to stop and buy some treats at the bake sale. The kids in the orchestra and their parents are raising money for next year's Orchestra trip to Europe (lucky!). 

Dad's Pumpkin Cranberry Bread

• 2 1/4 C flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 C sugar
• 1/2 C oil
• 1 tsp vanilla 
• 1 C canned pumpkin
• 1 C chopped fresh cranberries

In a large bowl, mix flour, soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Set aside.

Combine eggs, sugar, oil, vanilla, and pumpkin. Mix well. (Hello Kitchen Aid!)

Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until moistened. Mix in the cranberries.

Spoon batter into two greased and floured loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour, or until done when tested with a toothpick. 

Remove from oven and cool in the pans for 15 minutes, then remove from pans and continue cooling. Makes 2, 8X4" loaves. It might not be the prettiest, but it's the yummiest!

Can I just say that next to the automobile, the lightbulb, and the flush toilet, I think that the Kitchen Aid stand mixer is one of the greatest machines ever invented!  

Have a great weekend!  

Comments

[Jan C.]

I bet those loaves sold like hotcakes, given the cute way you packaged them up. Hope the kids made lots of money for their trip.