It’s Great Pumpkin Bread, Charlie Brown!

By Eliot, on October 29th, 2022

For this month’s Movies & Munchies feature, Amy is hosting It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

There are lots of Halloween inspiration at Amy’s Cooking Adventures so check them out.

I grew up with the Charlie Brown cartoons. I just can’t get in the spirit without watching A Charlie Brown Christmas. While it had been a while since I had watched The Great Pumpkin, I think I know most of the dialogue by heart.

I swear my best friend had that same exact witch mask. And, I think her brother had a similar Frankenstein mask.

Of course, my food tie-in would be pumpkin-something.

I thought about just revisiting some old recipes like my Pumpkintini or Pumpkin Granola. As I was defrosting some roasted pumpkin from the freezer and still deciding what to make, I remembered some great quick breads that my MiL makes over the holidays. One of these is her pumpkin bread.

Pumpkin Bread

Based on a recipe from the best Mother-in-Law ever

This smells delicious while baking. It’s a moist, cake-like bread.

Ingredients

1 1/ 2 c. sugar

2 eggs

1/2 c. pumpkin

1/2 c. coconut oil

1 c. flour

1/2 c. whole wheat flour

1 t. baking soda

1/2 t. nutmeg

1/2 t. cinnamon

1/8 t. ginger

1 t. salt

1/2 c. water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Mix together sugar, eggs, pumpkin and oil.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and slat.

Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, alternating with the water. End with.

Pour into a prepared loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for about 25 minutes.

Yield: 1 loaf

The original recipe calls for vegetable oil. I substituted coconut oil. I also added a bit of ginger and whole wheat flour. (Sorry, I just can’t keep well enough alone.) You might also notice that my bread is not really pumpkin colored. I used some frozen white pumpkin that I roasted last winter.

Thanks for hosting this month, Amy. Please check out our Facebook group, Movies & Munchies, and think about joining. For November, Wendy is hosting Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow. That should be another fun time!

As I perused through my pumpkin archives, I realized just how many pumpkin options I have posted over the years. If you’re interested, please check them out here.