Pumpkin Spice Bread

There is something magical about the combination of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and sugar... These are the quintessential flavours of autumn and of Christmas.

This pumpkin loaf is beautifully fragrant and almost reminds of old fashioned ginger bread.

INGREDIENTS

420g AP or bread flour

480g cooked and mashed pumpkin

300g sugar

4 eggs (beaten)

5g baking powder

5g salt

7g bicarbonate of soda

10g pumpkin spice

200g water

220g sunflower oil

METHOD

1) Combine all dry ingredients in one bowl and then all wet ingredients in a separate bowl. 2) Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet mixture and beat well.

3) Divide the mixture between two greased loaf pans and bake for 65 minutes at 180C or 350F.

4) The bread should puff up and crack open at the top.

5) Allow the loaf to cool completely before slicing.

6) Enjoy!

Babette's Bread Ltd.