Pumpkin Gingerbread
This moist tender gingerbread is full of warm spices, candied ginger, and pumpkin making it perfect for giving or serving anytime of the year.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 8 tbsp butter
- 15 ounces pumpkin puree 1 can pumpkin puree
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/3 cup candied ginger chopped finely
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease pan with baking spray, butter or Crisco shortening.
- In a microwavable bowl add butter, brown sugar, molasses, and water, microwave on high for 1 minute. Set aside, butter will continue to melt. Whisk to combine ingredients. Microwave for another minute if butter is still not melted. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, pumpkin pie spice, ground ginger, and candied ginger chopped finely. Give ingredients a whisk, using fingers break up the candied ginger into the flour mixture, so that it is evenly distributed, and not clumped together.
- Whisk together eggs and canned pumpkin in a small bowl, set aside.
- Slowly pour butter and sugar mixture into the dry ingredients while paddle is turning on low speed. Take a moment to scrape sides and bottom of the bowl. Give a few more turns of the paddle.
- Add pumpkin egg mixture to the batter. Mix on medium speed for 30 seconds, scrape sides of bowl and mix for another 30-60 seconds. You do not want to over mix. Mix batter until it is smooth.
- Pour pumpkin gingerbread batter into a large greased loaf pan(9x5x3). Batter will fill pan 3/4 full. Bake uncovered for 55 minutes. If bread is not fully baked after 55 minutes cover with tin foil so that the top doesn't burn and bake for additional time needed. Carefully poke with a cake tester and make sure it comes out clean. Allow bread cool for 15 minutes before inverting onto a cooking rack.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 419kcalCarbohydrates: 70gProtein: 7gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 320mgPotassium: 483mgFiber: 3gSugar: 37gVitamin A: 8275IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 105mgIron: 4mg
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