Praline Pumpkin Bread Recipe

The below recipe incorporates pumpkin, a Thanksgiving favorite. Topped with a delicious praline glaze, this recipe makes an amazing bread. Visit our page on Thanksgiving Symbols to learn more about the symbolism and meaning of pumpkins for Thanksgiving.

Bread Ingredients:

3 1/3 cups flour
3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin
1 cup oil
4 eggs
2/3 cup water
1/2 cup pecans, optional

Glaze Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup whipping cream
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

FOR BREAD:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix the dry ingredients together in a bowl (flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg).
3. In a separate bowl, blend together pumpkin, oil, eggs and water with an electric mixer.
4. Gradually add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture, and stir in pecans.
5. Spoon into two greased loaf pans, and bake for 55-65 minutes.

FOR GLAZE:

Warm butter, white sugar, brown sugar and cream in a medium saucepan until sugars dissolve. Cool for 20 minutes before stirring in cream and powdered sugar. Blend until smooth, and drizzle over warm loaves.

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