Spicy Pumpkin Bread
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup fat-free milk
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 15 ounces pumpkin
- Cooking spray
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and the next 7 ingredients (flour through cloves) in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine sugar and the next 5 ingredients (sugar through pumpkin) in a bowl, and stir well with a whisk until smooth. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
- Spoon batter into 2 (8 x 4-inch) loaf
- pans coated with cooking spray, and sprinkle with walnuts. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool loaves in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans. Cool loaves completely; cut each loaf into 12 slices.
