Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Coffee Can Pumpkin Bread

I love the Iron Chef show! But I'd be hard pressed to decide if my
favorite episode was the one featuring the secret ingredient squid or
the one about beer. It's a tough call and probably depends upon the
sort of day I'm having. Either way, I think it's a hoot that we're
trying it here in our own squashy way with pumpkin!

My friend Erin shared this bread with me
last year and I positively swooned over it. Seriously,
the can had to be forcibly removed from my hand
so that someone else might get a chance to
taste it.


Now, I've said before that I believe the
best gifts are edible. Well, with the holidays
roaring up on us, this food gift is definitely on
the top of my give and receive list, as in I like
to give it and receive it!

This bread is a dense salty sweet quick
bread that fills you up without making
you feel overly full. That is unless you're
like me and try to eat a whole can in one
sitting. It is indeed a wonderful
comfort food.


Coffee Can Pumpkin Bread

3 cups organic flour
3 cups sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp allspice
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tsps baking soda

Sift together into a big bowl.

1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
1 cup canned pumpkin
4 eggs


Stir together the oil, water, pumpkin and
eggs in another large bowl, then slowly mix
in the dry ingredients until well blended.
Divide evenly into 3 one pound coffee cans that
have been coated with grease and flour (I only
had two on hand so I used one loaf pan, too).
Bake at 350 for one hour.

(Mine took five minutes more). Cool for
fifteen minutes. Run a knife blade around the
edge and the
bread should pop right out. I like
to
keep it in the can (handy storage) and just
slice off pieces as needed
.

Once it is completely cool, you can gift wrap the can
and put a bow on top. It is quite the festive gift!

Happy Iron Chef Pumpkin Week, Everyone!

Jenn McKinlay

SPRINKLE WITH MURDER
March 2010

aka Lucy Lawrence
STUCK ON MURDER
Sept 2009


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9 comments:

  1. This looks like pure genius! Easy and tasty is right up my alley. Thanks, Jenn!

    Elizabeth/Riley
    Mystery Writing is Murder

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  2. What a wonderful gift. That's a great way to give bread. This recipe is going on my "to-do" list for Christmas giving goodies this year. We usually just do cookies. Thanks.

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  3. It looks wonderful! I love the round shape, too. It adds a special dimension. Oh, yum. I have a feeling this might become a favorite around here!

    ~ Krista

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  4. This is one of my favorite foods. Great recipe. I, too, am not sure about The Iron Chef ingredients. Snails ranks right up there with the "yipes" factor.

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  5. I might have to try this. My youngest is with me when it comes to pumpkin, but she recently tried a pumpkin bread and raved about it.

    When I had *no* idea what to make for my offering, I called the Libby Pumpkin hotline to answer a couple of questions for some weird ideas I came up with. Anyway, they wound up sending me some coupons so now I have no reason not to try this bread recipe. It does sound good.

    Julie

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  6. How unique and fun! Makes for super easy storage and serving, huh? I've never heard of this, but I'm booking the recipe!

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  7. I was always a banana bread gal, but this one works for me -- on many levels!

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  8. What fun! I think this has a cooking session with my 2 year old grand daughter written all over it.

    molly

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  9. I (heart) pumpkin bread. And you KNOW I am impressed with the coffee can! Great Iron Chef entry, girl. This is wonderful!

    ~Cleo
    author of the Coffeehouse Mysteries

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