Spicy Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup low-fat milk
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º.
• 2 lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
• 3 combine flour and spices (flour through cloves) in a large bowl.
• 4 add sugar and the next 6 ingredients (sugar through pumpkin) in a different bowl, and stir well with a whisk or mixer until smooth.
• 5 add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
• 6 spoon batter into 2 (8 × 4-inch) loaf pans coated with cooking spray.
• 7 bake at 350º for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 8 cool loaves in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans.
• 9 cool loaves completely; cut each loaf into 12 slices.
• 10 you may also cook in small loaf pans or muffin tins, reduce cooking time to 30-35 min.
• 11 check for doneness.
• 12 notes: if you're tempted to fiddle with the spices (maybe substitute pumpkin-pie spice for the allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves), please don't.
• 13 i tried it both ways and it wasn't as good.