Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Bread, originally uploaded by tmeierdierck.

Warm pumpkin bread on a crisp fall morning is the perfect date for your coffee.

For this recipe I used a bread maker, though it would be fine in the oven. This makes a 2 pound loaf, using your bread maker on the Quick Bread setting. Put the ingredients in your bread maker, or mixer, in the order they are listed. This bread should take two hours to cook.


Ingredients:

* ¼ cup oil
* 2 cups pumpkin puree
* ½ cup apple sauce
* 1 cup sugar in the raw
* 2 ¼ cup unbleached bread flour
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
* ¼ teaspoon cloves
* ¼ teaspoon ginger
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 2 teaspoons vital wheat gluten

Optional:

* ½ cup walnuts
* ½ cup dried cranberries

Make sure you clean the sides and bottom of the bread pan after the dough has been kneaded with the paddle. Some of the ingredients may stick to the sides and bottom; that would not cook evenly.