Pumpkin Bread {day 28 of 31 days of Pinterest: Pinned to Done}

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Today’s project was inspired by this pin from No Biggie.

I was desperate for something to try to share as my post today AND I needed some sort of breakfast food to bring for our singles Sunday School class this morning (which my husband and I lead at our church).

So I found this recipe I had pinned on my Pinterest board over a year ago, and I had all the ingredients on hand, so I decided to give it a try.  I halfed the recipe cause I only wanted to make one loaf.   (We honestly don’t need any more baked goods/sweets around here with all the extras I have been making for this series and other events.)  Someone asked me the other day – where do I buy my pumpkin?  I buy my pumpkin at Aldi for 99¢ for a 15 oz. can.  Great price!  And I stock up before the season is over so I can have some to last me through the summer and in early fall next year before the stores put theirs out.  I have sometimes even found clearance deals at another grocery store at the end of season and picked up cans for 50¢ – 75¢ each.  I started this fall with 10 cans from last year and have used all those up already so I restocked last week at Aldi.

Here is the recipe and I will note the changes I made:

The good news – our Sunday School class thought it was good – several of them ate multiple pieces.  I thought it was good but definitely not the best pumpkin bread I have had.   And it was plenty sweet!   It was a little “doughy/dense” at the bottom and I don’t know if it needed to bake a few minutes longer (a toothpick came out clean) or if using applesauce changes it?  And I honestly would have liked the entire thing to be a more lighter/fluffier bread.  It is not my perfect pumpkin bread recipe – so I will keep looking for that one.

Anyone have a perfect pumpkin bread recipe they want to share?

I am joining Nester from Nesting Place in writing a 31 days series in October.  You can see all the other hundreds of people writing a 31 days series here.

And I am excited to have 3 blogging friends join me in the insanity! Check out their series by clicking on the buttons below.

And my sister-in-law is joining along too!   Writing about their transition as they move across the country with four children.

Christina