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Healthier Pumpkin Bread

This a wonderful pumpkin bread that has less fat and calories.

By Amy Hunter Shaw

prep:15 mins

cook:1 hr to 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 20

Yield:2 large loaves

Ingredients

• 3 cups white sugar

• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree

• 4 eggs, beaten

• ⅔ cup water

• ½ cup applesauce

• ½ cup vegetable oil

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour

• 2 teaspoons baking soda

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

• ¾ teaspoon salt

• ½ teaspoon ground cloves

• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger

• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

• Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 large bread pans.

• Step 2

Beat sugar, pumpkin, eggs, water, applesauce, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract together in a large mixing bowl.

• Step 3

Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves, and ginger together in a separate bowl; stir into the pumpkin mixture until just combined. Fold walnuts into the resulting batter; pour into prepared bread pans.

• Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack. Wrap tightly in aluminum foil to store.