Spicy Squash Bread Recipes

AUTUMN SPICED BUTTERNUT SQUASH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Beat sugar and shortening together in a bowl until fluffy. Stir butternut squash, eggs, and water into sugar mixture.
• Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in another bowl; stir into sugar mixture. Add nuts and raisins; stir until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

SPICY SQUASH BREAD

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, add the first 8 ingredients; stir to combine; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, add the eggs, sugar, oil, sour cream, and preserves; stir to combine.
• Add in shredded squash; stir to combine.
• Gradually add in dry ingredients, stir well.
• Pour mixture into a greased and floured 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loafpan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour, 5 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes in the pan; turn out onto a wire rack and let cool completely.

WINTER SQUASH BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Grease 2 loaf pans. Preheat oven to 350.
• 2. In a large bowl, beat together sugar and oil. Add eggs and beat well.
• 3. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• 4. Add flour mixture and water alternately to the sugar mixture, beating on low speed after each addition until just combined.
• 5. Beat in mashed squash. *Any winter squash will work - acorn, butternut squash, buttercup squash, hubbard squash, or calabaza. You can even use a 15 oz can of pumpkin, if desired.
• 6. Spoon batter into prepared pans.
• 7. Bake at 350 for 55-65 minutes until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 8. Cool pans on wire racks for 10 minutes.
• 9. Remove from pans. Cool completely on wire racks.

RUM-AND-SPICE SQUASH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs. Mix in the squash. Stir in the sugar and then the oil. Stir in the milk and rum. Add the dry ingredients and stir gently until not quite combined. Add the walnuts and raisins and stir just until combined.
• Scrape the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Place on a rack for 10 minutes. Turn out of the pan to cool on the rack.