With this in mind, I recently attempted to follow Alton Brown's pumpkin bread recipe, except I was far too lazy to actually shred a fresh pumpkin. Big mistake. Apparently laziness does not good eats make.
First, I discovered that I was out of oil, but no biggie: I substituted vanilla yogurt and crossed my fingers. However, not much later, I also found that I only had half the pumpkin I needed...and no suitable substitutions came to mind. Drat. I speed walked to the market and snagged another can of Libby's. Geez. The lengths I'll go to for pumpkin treats.
In retrospect, I can only conclude that I'm an idiot: canned pumpkin is much more watery than fresh grated pumpkin, and definitely more compact. I should have known that three cups of pumpkin sounded like a lot. And three cups of canned pumpkin probably amounts to even more than that. D'oh! Not to mention I guess I didn't even need to make that trip to the market. Double d'oh!
What a mess. At least the top half is still tasty and incredibly moist.
Recipe, as I plan to bake it next time, follows.
Hopefully More-Than-Half-Tasty Pumpkin Bread
Adapted from Alton Brown's recipe
Ingredients
Dry:
2 cups flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Wet:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup low-fat yogurt
3 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
And last but not least:
3 cups shredded fresh pumpkin or ONE 15-oz. can of pumpkin
Preparation
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Mix dry ingredients and wet ingredients (except pumpkin) separately. Combine the mixtures and fold in the pumpkin last. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes (may have to increase baking time by ~15 minutes) until a knife comes out clean.*
*I strongly suggest making these into muffins: 325 degrees F for 30 minutes.
5 comments:
Aw, I wish I was there to mess up treats with you again! "1...2...3....3?? 3!!!" And remember our messed up spam musubi? Still good. I have very low standards.
It was 80 degrees in LA yesterday. I want to enjoy my hot pumpkin treats already. :(
haha Oh my gosh I almost forgot about that 123 incident! mmm cereal bars. And that spam musubi was SO delicious..even though it looked pretty sad. I miss cooking with you :(
Enjoy the pumpkin crust! Forget about the bottom. Make a big pot of coffee and serve pumpkin tops-Perfect!
Mmm great idea. Pumpkin tops and coffee sound delicious!
gorgeous picture of the corn!
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