Dearest eaters and readers,
Welcome to another edition of Tasty Tuesday that’s doing double duty (that’s a lot of Ds) as my Pinterest Blog Hop Challenge post for the month of September. Baking today’s recipe for pumpkin bread was like taking a trip down Memory Lane. The recipe for this bread was given to me by my daughter Lauren AKA Buffy when she was in the third grade. Seems like she also brought home a slice of the bread for me to taste. And it became an instant hit. A loaf of this cinnamony chocolaty pumpkiny bliss doesn’t last long at our house.
It turns out that long before Pinterest, this pumpkin bread recipe was available at Betty Crocker. Since Pinterest wasn’t around when my Buffy was in third grade, I have a feeling her teacher Ms. Marinich found this recipe through Betty Crocker. When I came across the pin, I knew it had to be the same recipe, so I fished out Buffy’s handwritten version from my recipe box to compare ingredients. Sure ‘nuf, it’s the same or practically.
Talk about some good lookin’ recipes, that Betty Crocker site is chock full of them. The chicken and dumplings photo on the landing page has me salivating all over my keyboard. And there’s a make-ahead creamy spinach lasagna. And a green chile chicken casserole. Oh, be still my stomach! I have pinned these and more on my Cooking, Cuisine and Calories board, right here.
I am gaining weight as I type this, so let’s move on. Here’s the recipe that I have always called Buffy’s Pumpkin Bread but will now give a nod to it’s creator, the immortal Betty Crocker, too.
Let’s Get Cooking: Betty’s & Buffy’s Pinspired Pumpkin Bread
I mentioned this recipe last week in my 10 Fall Staples post. Along with a lot of my other favorite things about this time of year. Happy to share the steps for making this bread with you now.
Ingredients
- 2 1/3 cups Original Bisquick mix (I used 1 cup gluten-free Bisquick and 1 1/3 cups regular Bisquick)
- 1 cup granulated sugar (I used 1/2 cup Stevia and 1/2 sugar)
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar (Buffy’s recipe doesn’t call for this)
- 1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (or a few more…I mixed semi-sweet with milk chocolate chips)
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon (Betty doesn’t mention this)
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves (or this)
Directions
- Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease bottom only of 9×5-inch loaf pan.
- In large bowl, stir together wet ingredients and spices. I think you could use pumpkin pie spice if you prefer.
- Add sugar and cream until smooth.
- Fold in Bisquick a little at a time until completed mixed. Look at the difference in textures between the regular Bisquick on the lower part of the bowl and the finer, grittier gluten-free Bisquick toward the top of the bowl.
- Add chocolate chips.
- Pour batter into greased bread pan.
- Bake at 350* for 45-55 minutes until bread is a golden brown on top and a knife inserted in the bread comes out clean.
- The Betty Crocker version of this pumpkin bread calls for a mocha glaze but we have never made it that way. It would probably be yummy, but the bread is pretty darn delicious without it. Click here for the glaze recipe.
- One of the other items on my 10 fall staples post was pumpkin spice cappuccino cups which I drank with my bread. Mmm, can you ever have too much pumpkin? I think not. At least not early in September. See me in November and we’ll review.
This bread is scrumptious for breakfast and a thin slice is quite filling. You can whip some up in no time and then let it bake while everyone is getting dressed for work and school. Your house will smell amazing and your family will enjoy a warm treat to start their day.
Your Turn
Do you have a pumpkin bread recipe? Or maybe a fav banana bread recipe? My mother-in-law May makes a mean banana bread. So moist. I can almost taste it now. With all this talk of food, I guess I better go fix something for dinner.
These Pinterventures posts are fun to do. And I get so many great ideas from the other gals who join the blog hop. Maybe you’d like to join us next month?
To join next month’s #pinterestchallenge, click here to sign-up ⇒ October Pinterest Challenge.
Now let’s see what other things Pinterest inspired! Head over and visit the other hosts to see what they crafted, cooked, built, or tried!
Erlene – My Pinterventures • Alexandra – Eye Love Knots
Joanne – Our Unschooling Journey • Laurie – My Husband Has Too Many Hobbies
Jenny – Cookies Coffee and Crafts • Kristie – Teadoodles
Beverly – Across the Boulevard • Katrin – Kreativ K
Debra – Shoppe No. 5 • Gail – Purple Hues and Me
Emily – Domestic Deadline • April – Stampin Fool
Chelsea – Making Manzanita •
Julie – Sum of their Stories • T’onna – Sew Crafty Crochet
Michelle – Our Crafty Mom • Lisa – Blogghetti
Marie – The Inspiration Vault • Kelley – Simply Inspired Meals
Debbee – Debbee’s Buzz • Shirley – Intelligent Domestications
Habiba – Craftify My Love • Marci – Stone Cottage Adventures
Kenyatta – My Design Rules • Kelli – The Olympic Nest
Roseann – This Autoimmune Life • Terri – Our Good Life
Leslie – Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After
Lydia – Lydia’s Flexitarian Kitchen
Thank you, dolls, for stopping by. You will be relieved to know that the medical condition that was making sitting last week very uncomfortable for me has been since been resolved with this treatment.
No longer feel like I am sitting on a thorn bush. I can sit with the best of ’em now!
Lots of posts planned this week so hope you will venture back by. Until we meet again…
Hugs and kisses,
Pumpkin flavouring is definitely not as popular here as it is there! I would struggle to find a tin of pumpkin. I’m also wondering what ‘Bisquick’ is? It fascinates me how many differences there are between the US and the UK and wonder what things I have in my kitchen cupboards that would make you wonder what they were? I love the thought of a quick and easy loaf recipe and this one sounds yummy!
Oh, fun!!! I love when you mention things that I don’t know or that we use other words for. And I think it is such fun when you ask me about something. Although our countries are both English speaking, each has its own way of saying things. Like you said ‘a tin of pumpkin’ and we would say ‘a can’. Bisquick is a baking mix…kind of like flour mixed with baking soda and/or powder so it is self-rising. It is used a lot in the making of biscuits. But I think in Great Britain your biscuits are what we call crackers. Here, biscuits are kind of like rolls, bread. And we also use Bisquick to make pancakes. What do you call pancakes?
Hi, Leslie!
Funny, we don’t seem to be pumpkin eaters at our house…no even pie. But your bread seems like it would be like a spice cake…yum.
I’m a little afraid that if I try it, I’ll need two loaves…one for each thigh!
You doll. You always make me giggle. Think of this pumpkin bread as chocolate chip spice cake and give it a whirl. My PC isn’t that keen on pumpkin and likes this bread. And if you make it and don’t like it, think of the calories you saved!! XO
Baking pumpkin bread is like taking a trip down memory lane! I always baked mini loaves (and of course added chocolate chips) for my boys teachers. It was a fun fall gift to thank them for all they do but it was a little bit self serving for me – I LOVE to bake! This month I have banned all alcohol and desserts but you better believe come October I am all about the pumpkin bread!
Thanks for sharing!
xo,
Kellyann
Aww, you are a teacher’s dream parent. Since you are banning desserts and alcohol this month, I think you should make rum cake next month!!!
I’ll be right over to have a piece! Love this combination of flavors.
Come on, girl. We would have a gay time visiting and eating pumpkin bread with coffee.
Mmmm…pumpkin bread! This will be one I will have to try, we usually make banana nut bread. It will have to get cooler before I bake anything though – it’s still in the upper 90s here! 😉
Oh, Kristie, it is too hot to bake here, too. Every time I turn on the oven, I’m sorry for hours afterward that I did. Hope you will give this easy pumpkin bread recipe a try when it cools off a bit there.
I am so glad you are feeling better, Leslie! That recipe card that your daughter made in 3rd grade is so cute, I love that you’ve held onto it and still make this recipe. I love anything with pumpkin and I too love Betty Crocker recipes! I think I’ve tried their Chicken & Dumpling one in the past.
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
How are you enjoying cooking in your beautiful kitchen? I loved your first fall decor/kitchen reveal post. Everything is so crisp and clean and beautiful! I want to try the Betty Crocker chicken and dumpling recipe. It just looked like a bowl of comfort! Like a big bear hug!!
Your pumpkin bread looks so good. Recipes that have stood the test of time our the best ones. We love pumpkin muffins at our house. I’m going to be making some later today for breakfast tomorrow. J
Hope your pumpkin muffins turned out well. Our pumpkin recipe has been one we have enjoyed for 25 years now. I laminated the original recipe my daughter made for me in 3rd grade and sent it to her. Hope she and my granddaughter will make some memories baking bread together.
I haven’t made pumpkin bread in a long time. Your post brings back good memories. My mother loved to make these types of loaves to have with her coffee.
Oh, Lydia, hope you will make some new bread-baking recipes and try this pumpkin bread. I enjoyed a slice every morning for a week with a cup of coffee. Great way to welcome fall.
Oh yummy! I just love Pumpkin Bread and you can not go wrong adding chocolate chips to it. Pinned.
Thank you for pinning my chocolate chip pumpkin bread. Hope you will give it a try. It is so quick to make and really tasty!
I’m not the biggest pumpkin fan, but I had pumpkin bundt cake the other day and it was really cinnamony/spicy and I think that made it taste it really good, so I’m pretty sure I’d enjoy this bread. 🙂
-Lauren
Pumpkin bundt cake sounds scrumptious. I bet you would like this bread if you liked it. I add cinnamon and cloves and nutmeg to this bread and then throw in plenty of chocolate chips. So easy to make and really yummy.
Betty Crocker is always one of my go-to cookbooks. The Betty-Buffy recipe sounds so good. It is going on my must-try list.
Thanks, Debra! Doesn’t get much better than Betty Crocker, that’s for sure. Hope you give this easy pumpkin bread a try. I think you will like it.
Looks delicious! I love baking pumpkin bread and muffins in the fall!
Me, too! I am thinking with your autoimmune issues, you have to watch your gluten. Am I remembering correctly? This bread can be made with the gluten-free Bisquick. I used half gluten-free and half regular but I am sure it would be great with all gluten-free. Hope you will give it a try.
I have a recipe for pumpkin bread and I really love it. Although now I think it’s kind of slackin’ as it doesn’t call for chocolate chips, lol. I will need to make a note to add those.
Chocolate chips make even the best recipes better. Next time you make your pumpkin bread throw in a generous handful and see what you think!
I love pumpkin flavored anything, and this recipe definitely is a keeper!
Yum! Once October hits, I’m all over pumpkin recipes. And since it’s from Betty Crocker, it must be a good one.