Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups coarsely chopped walnuts
• 2 cups coarsely chopped hazelnuts
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1/2 milk
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup

Recipe

• 1 grease 2 loaf pans or one bundt cake pan.
• 2 place nuts in bottom of pans; set aside.
• 3 combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• 4 beat butter in a large bowl on medium speed for 30 seconds.
• 5 add both sugars and vanilla; beat for 1 or 2 minutes until well mixed.
• 6 add eggs one at a time, beating just until combine after each egg.
• 7 stir in pumpkin.
• 8 add flour mixture and milk alternately, beating on low speed after each addition until well mixed and scraping sides of bowl as necessary.
• 9 pour batter into prepared pans and smooth tops.
• 10 bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.
• 11 cool in pans for 15 minutes.
• 12 remove from pans.
• 13 cool completely, nut sides up.
• 14 to serve, place nut sides up.
• 15 brush with syrup.