Pumpkin Spice Bread Recipe

I wanted to share with you a recipe I just received yesterday from my mentor mom at MOPS! It’s for a delicious moist Pumpkin Spice bread! I have to tell you that this was seriously some of the best pumpkin bread I’ve had – so incredibly moist & tasty!!

This was such a fun gift for the ladies at our MOPS table, as she found these adorable mini loaf pans for $1 at Michael’s with a fun, fall theme! She then packaged up the pumpkin bread with a pretty ribbon and attached the recipe which she’d printed out! She said they also offer these during other seasons as well, so I thought this was such a perfect little, frugal gift idea!

We enjoy passing out goodies to our neighbors at Christmastime – we find it’s a great way to reach out to them and get to know them a little better. And I thought this was a fun idea to bake them a small loaf of bread (pumpkin, zucchini, banana, friendship bread & more) and deliver it in a cute little mini loaf dish that they can keep!

This would also make a nice gift to give at a gathering, bring as a thank-you gift for the hostess of a get-together, or give at Christmas with friends or family. It is a frugal gift as these little dishes are only $1 (you could also look for a larger dish if you wanted to make something bigger), add the bag, ribbon, and ingredients for the bread and you have an inexpensive but meaningful gift!!

3 ½ cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 ½ tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

3 cups sugar

4 eggs

2 cups fresh pumpkin puree (or canned pumpkin)

½ cup water

1 tbsp pure vanilla extract

1 cup vegetable oil

1 cup chopped roasted pecans

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (325 for mini loaf pans) and heavily grease your loaf pans. Combine flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar in a large mixing bowl. In a medium bowl beat the eggs. Add the water, vanilla, oil, and pumpkin puree. Stir until well blended. Add the roasted pecans. Pour into the prepared loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour (40 minutes or until firm for the mini loaf pans). Place the pans on a rack and let cool for 10 minutes. Remove the bread from the pan and let cool on a rack until at room temperature. Bread seasons best if chilled overnight and then served at room temperature the next day.

What are some other fun, frugal holiday gift ideas you have?

You can find more frugal ideas at Frugal Fridays HERE! And check out more fun Fall Family Friday ideas HERE