Appetizers,
Salads and Breads:
Harvest
Pumpkin Bread with Orange Butter
from
California
Sizzles
Easy
and Distinctive Recipes for a Vibrant Lifestyle
INGREDIENTS
FOR PUMPKIN BREAD:
1
teaspoon baking soda
1/2
cup hot water
3/4
cup vegetable oil
3
cups sugar
2
cups canned pumpkin
4
eggs
1
teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2
teaspoon ground cloves
1
teaspoon salt
3-1/2
cups all purpose flour
INGREDIENTS
FOR ORANGE BUTTER:
1/2
pound butter, softened
1/2
box powdered sugar
Grated
rind of 2 oranges
2
tablespoons orange juice concentrate
TO
PREPARE:
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare Pumpkin Bread: Dissolve soda
in hot water.
2.
Mix together oil, sugar and pumpkin and add to soda mixture.
3.
Add eggs, cinnamon, cloves, salt and flour and mix until moistened.
4.
Pour batter into 2 greased and floured loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour.
Remove from loaf pans and cool on wire racks.
5.
Prepare Orange Butter: Beat butter and sugar together.
6.
Add orange rind and juice concentrate and mix well. Place into decorative
crock and serve with Pumpkin Bread.
Makes
2 loaves
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