This month the Bread Bakers group is baking up Hearty Fall Breads. I was excited to dig into this challenge since I love all things fall. The only thing I was having trouble with was deciding if I wanted to make a pumpkin bread or an apple bread.
After much debate I wondered why I couldn't just combine the two together and make an apple pumpkin bread. I've never made an apple pumpkin bread before but I thought it would probably taste pretty good. Pumpkin is a pretty mellow flavor that comes to life with spices and those same spices pair nicely with apples so why not?
I came up with a basic outline for a recipe but thought I needed to add in some nuts. Walnuts say fall to me and I happen to have a bag in the pantry so that's what I went with.
After mixing the bread up I popped it in the oven and then had the task of coming up with a name for this bread. I kept switching around Pumpkin Apple Nut or Apple Nut Pumpkin but it all sounded too wordy. After a while all I could smell was pumpkin, cinnamon, and other spices. Soon I thought that the bread simply smelled like fall so why couldn't my bread be a fall harvest bread?
I decided it could and that's what it was. The bread was sweet and tasted of pumpkin, apples, and spices with a nice crunch from the nuts. It was super easy to whip up and makes a great breakfast or snack.
- 1½ c. flour
- 1 t. cinnamon
- ½ t. nutmeg
- 1 t. baking powder
- ½ t. baking soda
- 1 t. salt
- 1¼ c. sugar
- 1 c. pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
- ½ c. vegetable oil
- 2 apples, chopped
- ½ c. walnuts, chopped
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a medium bowl combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix well and set aside.
- In a large bowl combine sugar, pumpkin puree, eggs, and vegetable oil. Mix well.
- Add the apples and walnuts to the pumpkin puree mixture and mix until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes then run a knife around the edge and remove from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack.
Let's take a look at the other Fall Flavors being shared today
- Apple Crumb Quick Bread from Food Lust People Love
- Apple Raisin Bread from A Shaggy Dough Story
- Browned Butter Semolina Pumpkin Bread from Sizzling Tastebuds
- Buttermilk Wheat Bread from Magnolia Days
- Eggless Apple Sage Cheddar Scones from Spill the Spices
- Fall Harvest Bread from Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
- Fig Focaccia from My Catholic Kitchen
- Harvest Grains Bread from Hostess At Heart
- Mr. Potato Bread from What Smells So Good?
- Multigrain Bread With Seeds from Sneha's Recipe
- Pumpkin and Apple Cornmeal Griddle Cakes from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Pumpkin Bread from la cocina de Aisha
- Pumpkin Breadfrom Sara's Tasty Buds
- Pumpkin Bread Rolls from SpiceRoots
- Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Rolls from Recipes, Food and Cooking
- Pumpkin Dinner Rolls with Cinnamon Butter from Bread Therapy
- Pumpkin, Poppy & Papaya Seeded Breadsticks from G'Gina's Kitchenette
- Pumpkin Raisin Bagels from Cook's Hideout
- Pumpkin Saffron Yeast Biscuits from The Schizo Chef
- Pumpkin Scones from A Baker's House
- Pumpkin Sourdough Bread from Passion Kneaded
- Schiacciata Con L'uva (Tuscan Style Grape, Olive and Goat Cheese Focaccia) from Ruchik Randhap
- Sesame Seeded Semolina Bread from Karen's Kitchen Stories
- Spicy Pumpkin Yeast Bread from Mayuri’s Jikoni
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Shireen
Oh that's such a flavourful bread! So perfect for the weather!
Mireille
great flavors - love the spices you used in this version
Pavani
What a lovely bread. Combining pumpkin and apple sounds delicious.
Karen @ Karen's Kitchen Stories
Perfect for fall! This looks delicious, and who knew that apple and pumpkin together would be so wonderful? =)
Holly
Yes, great idea, why not throw them both together! APple and pumpkin sound like a good combination.
Julie is Hostess At Heart
This bread looks and sounds delicious!
Wendy, A Day in the Life on the Farm
Absolutely perfect. I am so glad I chose this theme. I am getting some great recipes on my to make list!
Lorinda-The Rowdy Baker
What a stunning loaf of bread! I never thought to combine pumpkins and apples, but it sounds like the perfect fall treat.
Georgina
Heather this looks awesome - the colour, the combo of ingredients and the name as well. Fabulous!
Renee
Wow! What a wonderful color of your bread. Great flavors too.