Hollywood Monastery Pumpkin Bread

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Hollywood Monastery Pumpkin Bread

Nancy Blackstone

The Hollywood Monastery Pumpkin Bread recipe, shared by an order of cloistered nuns living in Hollywood, California, is absolutely heavenly.

5 from 4 votes

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 15

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings slices

Calories 176 kcal

Ingredients

3 ½ cups flour
3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ½ teaspoons salt
4 large eggs beaten
1 cup oil
⅔ cup water
15 oz canned pumpkin not pumpkin pie mix
walnut halves

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using butter or baking spray, grease the baking pans well.
Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together in a large bowl.
In a medium bowl, mix together the eggs, oil, water and canned pumpkin. Pour into the dry ingredients, mixing by hand until fully blended.
Fill each loaf pan evenly with batter, then top with walnut halves over all.
Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 15-20 minutes before removing from pan. Cool on wire rack 15 minutes more before cutting and serving.

Notes

Use all the same size pans, 8" x 4"

Grease pans well before adding batter

Mix batter by hand and not an electric mixer so as not to overbeat the batter

Check doneness with wooden toothpick

Nutrition

Calories: 176kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 167mgPotassium: 46mgFiber: 1gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 1869IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 9mgIron: 1mg

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