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Cranberry Pesto Swirled Pumpkin Bread

by on November 10, 2011 in Breads, Quick Breads November 10, 2011 BreadsQuick Breads
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Moist, tender pumpkin bread swirled with a slightly tangy, slightly sweet cranberry pesto.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE PESTO:
  • ½ cups Roasted, Salted Pepitas
  • 1 cup Dried Cranberries
  • ½ teaspoons Orange Zest
  • 1 Tablespoon Orange Juice
  • ½ teaspoons Olive Oil
  • FOR THE BREAD:
  • 1-½ cup All-purpose Flour
  • ½ cups Brown Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • ⅛ teaspoons Cayenne
  • ¼ teaspoons Allspice
  • 1-½ teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ¾ teaspoons Ginger
  • 1 cup Pumpkin Puree
  • ½ cups Butter, Softened
  • ¼ cups Honey
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 2 whole Eggs

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350ºF.

Blend all pesto ingredients together in a food processor or blender. Set aside.

For the bread, in a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cayenne, allspice, cinnamon, and ginger. Set aside.

In a mixer, blend together pumpkin, butter, honey, and vanilla on medium speed until smooth. Stir in eggs.

Fold in dry ingredients. Spoon half of bread batter into a well greased loaf pan. Swirl in half of the pesto mixture. Repeat the process with the remaining batter and pesto and bake for 1 hour.

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heidimay18 on 4.1.2015

This is really good bread. It didn’t have as strong of a pumpkin taste as I would hope, but my whole family still devoured it.

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Carrie on 12.6.2011

Have made this twice with great reviews. Love, love, love the cranberry pesto. I added nutmeg and a touch of clove, just me. Excellent recipe. If you make it in mini loaves, don’t overfill.

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Ticha Rohan on 11.12.2011

I was in search of a spicy pumpkin bread low in sugar and I found it! Such an easy tasty bread! I only regret not having all of the ingredients on-hand. (I had pepitas but no cranberries! How?) Even with my omission of the pesto, this bread tastes amazing. Great moist consistency with just the right amount of tang from the ginger and cayanne. I especially love that honey replaces white sugar. Could be my oven, but mine baked up in 53 minutes using one of those W-S Goldtouch loaf pans. Came out perfectly. Well done!

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