The Best Pumpkin Bread With Apples & Oranges

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 medium orange, juice and grated peel
• 1 apple, peeled,cored and grated
• 1/2 cup golden raisin
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 beat together first 4 ingredients until blended.
• 2 stir in the remaining ingredients until dry ingredients are just moistened.
• 3 do not overmix.
• 4 divide batter between 4 greased and lightly floured mini-loaf pans (6x3x2-inch), place pans on a cookie sheet and bake in a 325 f.
• 5 oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a cake tester, inserted in center, comes out clean.
• 6 allow to cool for 15 minutes and then remove from pans and continue cooling on a rack.
• 7 when cool, brush tops with orange honey and sprinkle with a few chopped toasted walnuts.
• 8 yields 4 mini-loaves.
• 9 or 2 (8x4-1-inch) loaf pans or 1 (9x5-inch loaf pan).
• 10 adjust cooking time for larger loaves and bake at 350 f.
• 11 until cake tester, inserted in center, comes out clean.