This is a delicious moist, dark, spicy pumpkin bread. It’s perfect on its own, or you can make “sandwiches” with cream cheese and thinly sliced apples. The cornmeal gives the bread a great texture.
What you'll need
Ingredients
2 ¼ cups (10 ounces) whole wheat flour
½ cup (2 ounces) corn meal
1 ½ tsp. soda
½ tsp. baking powder
1 ½ tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
½ tsp. cloves
½ tsp. nutmeg
¾ tsp. salt
2/3 cup (5 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 15-ounce can pumpkin
4 eggs, at room temperature
2/3 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup raisins (or currants, dried cranberries or dried cherries)
½ cup walnuts, chopped
The method
Directions
01
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two medium sized load pans (8.5x4”)
02
In a medium bowl stir together flour, cornmeal, soda, powder, spices and salt; set aside.
03
In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugars until blended, by hand or with a hand held mixer.
04
With large spoon, beat in pumpkin, eggs, water, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix together just until blended. Stir in raisins and walnuts.
05
Pour into the 2 prepared pans and bake until wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, about an hour. Cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.
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Cook Like James
Best Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bread
Prep
Cook
Yield
This is a delicious moist, dark, spicy pumpkin bread. It’s perfect on its own, or you can make “sandwiches” with cream cheese and thinly sliced apples. The cornmeal gives the bread a great texture.
Ingredients
2 ¼ cups (10 ounces) whole wheat flour
½ cup (2 ounces) corn meal
1 ½ tsp. soda
½ tsp. baking powder
1 ½ tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
½ tsp. cloves
½ tsp. nutmeg
¾ tsp. salt
2/3 cup (5 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 15-ounce can pumpkin
4 eggs, at room temperature
2/3 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup raisins (or currants, dried cranberries or dried cherries)
½ cup walnuts, chopped
Cook Like James · The method
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two medium sized load pans (8.5x4”)
2
In a medium bowl stir together flour, cornmeal, soda, powder, spices and salt; set aside.
3
In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugars until blended, by hand or with a hand held mixer.
4
With large spoon, beat in pumpkin, eggs, water, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix together just until blended. Stir in raisins and walnuts.
5
Pour into the 2 prepared pans and bake until wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, about an hour. Cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.
Cook Like James
Best Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bread
Prep
Cook
Yield
This is a delicious moist, dark, spicy pumpkin bread. It’s perfect on its own, or you can make “sandwiches” with cream cheese and thinly sliced apples. The cornmeal gives the bread a great texture.
Ingredients
2 ¼ cups (10 ounces) whole wheat flour
½ cup (2 ounces) corn meal
1 ½ tsp. soda
½ tsp. baking powder
1 ½ tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
½ tsp. cloves
½ tsp. nutmeg
¾ tsp. salt
2/3 cup (5 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 15-ounce can pumpkin
4 eggs, at room temperature
2/3 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup raisins (or currants, dried cranberries or dried cherries)
½ cup walnuts, chopped
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two medium sized load pans (8.5x4”)
2
In a medium bowl stir together flour, cornmeal, soda, powder, spices and salt; set aside.
3
In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugars until blended, by hand or with a hand held mixer.
4
With large spoon, beat in pumpkin, eggs, water, and vanilla. Add dry ingredients and mix together just until blended. Stir in raisins and walnuts.
5
Pour into the 2 prepared pans and bake until wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, about an hour. Cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.
