Feelin' Fally

Hey there!

I can't believe Thanksgiving is only a week and a half away.  Fall has been quite a different experience for me this year, given that there are no brightly colored leaves falling, the highs are still in the 80's, and we're a mile from the ocean.  Fall is my favorite season and I am so excited to get to North Carolina to enjoy it for a bit!

It's seriously November?

Since I wanted to get in the fall spirit, I decided to bake something using pumpkin today.  I googled all sorts of pumpkin cookies, breads, cakes, etc and settled on trying pumpkin bread.  I consulted a few recipes online as guides, but here's what I came up with:

Quick & Simple Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients:

• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup veg oil
• 1/4 cup water
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg

(We didn't have any cloves on hand, but would be a great addition)

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Spread a thin layer of butter and flour onto loaf pan
• Mix together pumpkin, egg, sugar, veg oil and water
• Add flour, baking soda, salt and spices
• Combine thoroughly
• Pour batter into pan
• Bake for 40-50 minutes
• Enjoy!

Mix up pumpkin, egg, sugar, oil and water

Add flour, baking soda, salt and spices

Bake for 40-50 minutes

 I skyped with my sista while it was baking... she was so jealous she couldn't have some herself ;)

Haaaay gurrrrrl

 47 minutes later.. voila!  Delicious smelling and tasting pumpkin bread

Can't wait to dig in!

I thought the bread turned out great, not too sweet and super moist.  A little more spice and some cloves would have kicked it up a notch though.

If you're looking for an easy pumpkin bread recipe, try this one and let me know how it goes!  I had everything on hand and it only took a few minutes to put together.

I hope everyone has had a great weekend!  Ciao!