Grandma's Pumpkin Tea Bread

This is a good way to use all that pumpkin from your cleaned out jack-o-lanterns! Just freeze and use as Christmas gifts!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 266 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon ground mace
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon almond extract
• 1 tablespoon butter flavored extract
• 1 tablespoon ground cloves
• 2 cups peeled and diced pumpkin
• 1 ½ tablespoons nutmeg

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.

Step 2

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.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

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.