Dad’s Easy Pumpkin Bread

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Transcript provided by YouTube then edited with AI.

Welcome to Baking with Dad

Hey kids, welcome to another edition of Cooking with Dad. Technically, it’s Baking with Dad because today I’m going to show you how to bake pumpkin bread. I’ve shown you how to make banana bread before, but not pumpkin bread.

And everybody loves something pumpkin, right? If you go to Trader Joe’s, there are so many different things with pumpkin flavoring. So I thought I’d walk you through this recipe.

Dad Joke

Before we get started, here’s your dad joke:

Why was the jack-o’-lantern considered a coward?
Because he didn’t have any guts!

Ingredients

Preheat your oven to 350°F.

1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and brought back to room temperature
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1 cup granulated sugar (I’m using organic, so it looks a little brown)
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup walnuts, lightly chopped into chunks
2 eggs, lightly scrambled
1 cup pumpkin purée
1/4 cup water

Mix the Wet Ingredients

Add the sugar to the pumpkin purée. Then add the cinnamon and cloves. Gently mix everything together.

Set that bowl aside and grab a larger one.

Mix the Dry Ingredients

Add the flour to the bowl. Then add the baking soda—spread it around well so you don’t get clumps. Add the salt and stir all the dry ingredients together.

Combine Wet Ingredients

Add the eggs to the pumpkin mixture and gently blend. Then add the room-temperature melted butter and blend again.

Combine Wet and Dry

Now combine the dry flour mixture with the pumpkin mixture. Gently mix until everything is incorporated.

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Add 1/4 cup of water to help it come together more smoothly and mix again.

Add Walnuts

Add the walnuts and gently fold them in. Notice how the larger chunks add texture. We’re almost done!

Prepare the Pan

Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray. Add the batter to the pan. A rubber spatula works great for getting everything in.

As a garnish, I like to add unsalted cooked pumpkin seeds on top.

Bake

Bake in your preheated oven for 55–60 minutes.

Here’s what it looked like before going into the oven… and here’s what it looked like after!

Make sure to let it cool before slicing, or it will fall apart.

Wrapping Up

Thanks for joining me for this edition of Baking with Dad. I hope you picked up some helpful tips. Everyone loves pumpkin this time of year, so I thought I’d share one more pumpkin recipe—and this house smells amazing right now.

I like adding a little extra clove because I think it adds a lot of flavor. You don’t have to add it, and you can skip the nuts if you want. It’s all up to you.

Thanks for hanging out with me. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did. See you in the next edition of Baking with Dad—or Cooking with Dad—whatever comes next.

Take care, and God bless you.

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