Sherry Pumpkin Bread Recipes

NOT YOUR MOTHER'S PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease three 8x4 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, beat together white sugar, brown sugar and oil. Stir in the pumpkin. Mix in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition.
• In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, coriander and salt. Stir dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture until smooth. Stir in cream sherry. Beat till thoroughly blended, 1 to 2 minutes. Fold in nuts. Spoon batter into 3 greased 8x4 inch loaf pans, filling no more than three quarters full.
• Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes in pans before turn out onto wire racks to cool completely. Can be kept at room temp. for 4 days or frozen.

CHERRY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Combine oil, eggs, 1/3 cup water and pumpkin.
• Stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
• Gradually beat dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture.
• Stir in candied cherries and nuts.
• Pour into greased and lightly floured 9x5x3 loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until tester inserted comes out clean.

CREAM SHERRY-PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°; grease three 8 x 4 inch loaf pans.
• In a big bowl, combine the sugars, pumpkin, eggs, and nut oil.
• Beat with an electric mixer until smooth, about 1 minute.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, spices, and salt.
• With a spatula, combine the wet and dry ingredients and beat until smooth.
• Stir in the cream sherry; vigorously beat until thoroughly blended, about 1-2 minutes; the batter will be thick and fluffy.
• Scrape the batter into the three prepared pans, filling each no more than ¾ full.
• Bake immediately in the center of the oven for 65-75 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean; the top of the loaves will be crusty, and there will be a long crack down the center.
• Let stand for 5 minutes in the pans before turning the loaves out of the pans onto a rack, then turning them right side up to cool completely.
• Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature overnight or for up to 4 days before serving.

SHERRY'S CREAM-CHEESE PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 2, 9 x 5 loaf pans with cooking spray, lightly coat with flour. Set aside. In large bowl, stir together first 7 ingredients. In another bowl, whisk together pumpkin and next 3 ingredients. Add to flour mix, whisking just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Spoon 3 cups batter into each pan. Spoon cream cheese filling evenly over batter in both pans. Spoon remaining batter evenly over cream cheese filling.
• Bake for 1 hr and 15 min, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 10 min. Remove bread from pans and let cool completely.

SHERRY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• In large bowl, beat together oil, brown sugar, eggs, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg and sherry. In separate bowl, combine flours, baking powder, salt and nuts. Add to wet ingredients and mix well.
• Pour into 2 greased 9-inch loaf pans and bake in preheated 350°F oven for 30 minutes, or until top springs back when pressed with fingers. Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pans. Yield: Two 9-inch loaves.
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