Brandied Pumpkin Bread

A wonderful hearty pumpkin bread made in the machine. I make it every Thanksgiving. It's not like your usual pumpkin breads (sweet breads) made for dessert, it's more a serve-with-the-meal kind of bread.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
• Calories: 250 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup white sugar
• ½ cup water
• ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3 cups bread flour
• 1 ¼ teaspoons salt
• 2 ¼ teaspoons bread machine yeast
• ¾ cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1 ½ teaspoons brandy

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine flour, yeast, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, salt, butter, pumpkin puree, water, and brandy in the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.

Step 2

Select the Sweet or Basic/White cycle using the Light crust setting and start the machine. (To make the bread without a bread machine, see Editor's Note.)

Step 3

When the bread is done baking, remove it from the pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.