Simple Pumpkin Bread Recipe | King Arthur Baking

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Frivolously grease two 8 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ loaf pans (as soon as you are making the plain model of the bread); two 9″ x 5″ loaf pans (when you’re along with chocolate chips and nuts); or one in all every, as soon as you are making one plain loaf, and one loaf with chips and nuts.

In an enormous bowl, beat collectively the oil, sugar, eggs, pumpkin, and water.

Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and vanilla, stirring to mix.

Combine all through the chips and nuts, when you’re utilizing them. To make one loaf with chips/nuts, one loaf with out, divide the batter in half. Depart one half plain, and add 3/4 cup chips and 1/2 cup nuts to the choice half.

Spoon the batter into the ready pans. Sprinkle the tops of the loaves with coarse glowing sugar.

Bake the bread for 60 to 80 minutes, or till a cake tester or toothpick inserted all through the middle of the loaf comes out clear; and that very same tester inserted about 1/2″ into the most effective of the loaf does not encounter any absolutely unbaked batter.

Take away the bread from the oven, and funky it on a rack. When it’s very cool, wrap it appropriately in plastic wrap and if time permits, retailer it in a single day earlier than serving. Ready to revenue from the bread permits the flavors to meld and texture to completely set.

The subsequent day, stir collectively the glaze substances. Drizzle the glaze over the bread and reduce into slices to serve.

Storage knowledge: Retailer leftover bread, tightly wrapped, at room temperature for numerous days. Freeze for longer storage.