Gluten Free Pumpkin Spice Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups canned pumpkin
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 1/4 teaspoons xanthan gum
• 4 eggs
• 3 1/3 cups all purpose gluten-free flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 -3 teaspoons cinnamon, to taste
• 1/2-1 teaspoon nutmeg, to taste
• 3/4-1 teaspoon ground cloves, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 combine flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, and spices in a bowl and mix well-set aside.
• 3 combine xanthan gum and oil in a large mixing bowl.
• 4 blend until smooth (i always use an immersion blender as opposed to a beater style mixer).
• 5 add pumpkin, sugar, eggs and water to oil and xanthan gum.
• 6 blend until smooth.
• 7 slowly add dry ingredients, about a cup at a time, blending well with each addition. (if using an immersion blender, use a spatula and extra care to ensure you are getting all of the ingredients off the bottom of the bowl).
• 8 grease a large bunt pan or two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans and dust with flour.
• 9 bake for 80-90 minutes (60-70 minutes for loaf pans) or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with no uncooked batter.
• 10 cool for 10-16 minutes (if you can wait that long).
• 11 invert pan(s) and tap bottom to release.