Autumn Spiced Butternut Squash Bread

This is a good way to use butternut squash. It has the aroma and flavors of a pumpkin bread. A great bread for Thanksgiving time.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 306 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ⅔ cup shortening
• 3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅔ cup water
• 2 ⅔ cups white sugar
• ⅔ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
• ⅔ cup raisins (Optional)
• 2 cups pureed cooked butternut squash

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

Step 2

Beat sugar and shortening together in a bowl until fluffy. Stir butternut squash, eggs, and water into sugar mixture.

Step 3

Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in another bowl; stir into sugar mixture. Add nuts and raisins; stir until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.