The Supermom Chef

In honor of my sweet Momma who had surgery today, I’m posting one of her all time BEST recipes, at least in my opinion. This bread is absolutely delicious and the recipe originally came from my great great Aunt JuJu, so no telling how old it is. This bread always reminds me that the holidays are coming soon. At the first sight of the canned pumpkins showing up on displays in stores, I have to snatch up about 6 cans and make a ton of this bread. It’s THAT good! My favorite memory of pumpkin bread is at breakfast time. During the holidays in the South, most men are in and out of the house quickly because it’s deer season. My husband, Matt, is no exception. He usually stays at deer camp the night before Thanksgiving, and I stay with my mom at her house to wake up early (okay, so honestly I sleep late) and help her make a delicious spread for lunch. She always has a fresh loaf of this ready and waiting for me! Moist, delicious and just plain yummy!

Here’s what you’ll need:

Cream the butter; add sugar and beat well. Add eggs, one at the time to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, sugar, cloves, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, and nutmeg. Add the dry ingredients and pumpkin alternately into the creamed mixture.

Spray two loaf pans with non-stick spray and sprinkle with sugar. I like to take this extra step because it gives the loaves a yummy crunchy texture on the crust.

Divide the dough evenly into the two loaf pans. Bake at 350 for one hour, or until toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean.

I like mine best the following day with a delicious cup of hot chocolate! I have a serious problem stopping at just one slice…

Pumpkin Bread

1 cup butter or margarine, softened

3 eggs

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon cloves

1 (16 oz) can pumpkin puree

3 cups sugar

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray and sprinkle lightly with sugar. Cream butter; add sugar and beat well. Add eggs, one at the time to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla. Mix together all of the dry ingredients. Alternately add the dry ingredients and eggs to the creamed mixture. Pour the dough into the prepared pans, dividing evenly. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of each loaf comes out clean.