Grandma's Pumpkin Tea Bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 cups peeled and diced pumpkin
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon almond extract
• 1 tablespoon butter flavored extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 tablespoons nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground mace

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• place fresh pumpkin in a small pan and fill with water. boil pumpkin until soft, about 15 minutes. drain and puree pumpkin. measure 2 cups of pumpkin puree for use in this recipe.
• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• in a large bowl, cream together the sugar and vegetable oil. stir in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition. stir in the 2 cups pumpkin puree, then stir in the vanilla, almond, butter extract, and lemon extract.
• in a separate bowl, sift together all-purpose flour, wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and mace. stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture; pour into prepared pans.
• bake in preheated oven for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. cool loaf in the pan for 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.