Ingredients: |
Ingredients: ½ cup butter, softened
1 cup dark brown sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin puree (the puree, not pumpkin pie filling)
2 eggs
1 & ½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
¼ tsp ground cloves
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 & ½ cups all-purpose flour
FOR GLAZE:
½ cup (1 stick) butter
1 - 1 & ½ cups powdered sugar (start with one cup and add more if glaze is too runny)
1-2 Tbsp maple syrup
¼ cup milk, optional if glaze is too thick
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Directions: |
Directions:Preheat oven to 350º. Liberally grease a 9" loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
Meanwhile, in a bowl combine all of the above bread ingredients and beat at medium speed with a handheld mixer, scraping down the sides of the bowl, until well-mixed.
Pour the bread mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for approx. 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out mostly clean or with a couple moist crumbs (not wet). Cool for about 15 minutes, then very gently remove from pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
While bread cools, make your glaze: in a small saucepan, heat butter over medium-low heat until melted. Continue cooking, watching butter carefully, until it sizzles and begins to turn amber in color, about 4-5 minutes. Do not overcook because it can quickly burn. When butter looks caramel-colored and smells kind of nutty, it's done. Remove butter from heat and cool completely. Then stir in the powdered sugar and maple syrup until a soft glaze has formed. Pour the glaze generously over top of the pumpkin loaf and let it set, about 30 minutes. Cut into slices and serve. |
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