Shelly's Recipe

PUMPKIN APPLE CIDER BREAD

Category: Quick Breads

1 cup apple cider
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
2 large eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground mace
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In saucepan, boil cider until it's reduced to about 1/4 cup; let it cool.

In bowl, whisk together well pumpkin purée, eggs, oil, brown sugar, zest, and cider.

In bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, mace, cinnamon and cloves. Add the walnuts; stir batter just until combined. Do not over mix it, you just want the wet and dry ingredients combined. Pour batter to a well-buttered loaf pan. Bake in middle of oven 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Let bread cool in the pan.