It’s October 31st, Halloween and I’m excited about attending a party this evening. It’s one of the few occasions that adults can let loose and be kids again.
Pumpkins are everywhere, in the market, in front of peoples’ homes and of course, in the kitchen.
Earlier this month us Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving and I made a pumpkin pie. I’ve bought ready-made pies from the supermarket but I wanted to try my hand at the real-deal.
I used pumpkin puree (store bought) and made this delicious, easy to make pie, complete with an “in your face” drawing to boot! However, this post isn’t about pumpkin pie but the pumpkin loaf that was made with the leftover puree (recipe to come).
Lori of The Recipe Girl shared her pumpkin loaf and through sheer good timing and fate, her recipe landed on my lap. Lori’s site has a good array of sweet and savory dishes and she often goes beyond her comfort zone and cooks up theme nights focusing on different ethnic cuisines.
Lori’s pumpkin loaf is easy and it’s a wonderful accompaniment to a coffee or just as a plain, slightly decadent snack. It’s moist, it’s quick, it tastes great and if you use mini-loaf forms like I did, great for little gifts.
Lori’s original recipe calls for 45 minutes for baking but my loaf pans were probably the equivalent of 2 muffins and a bit. My pumpkin loaves took a mere 25 minutes. Just be careful with your baking times if using smaller forms.
I just got a big pumpkin from some family friends and I will be surely making more pumpkin bread, some sweet and savory pies from the Greek side things where pumpkin and homemade phyllo meet.
See you next month tomorrow.
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21 Responses
Yippee! Glad you enjoyed. Happy Halloween :)
Happy Halloween Peter!
I like your photos a lot, especially the second one with the flowers and the pumpkins!
I love pumpkins! Your bread looks very tasty!
Cheers and Happy Halloween,
Rosa
I’m not a big pumpkin fan, so I substitute butternut squash puree for pumpkin puree, and it works beautifully. Love the design on your pie.
We didn’t even buy a pumpkin this year, but I’ve got lots of canned pumpkin!
Bravo for pumpkin bread! I like it with butter or cream cheese. And an egg nogg latte. Time to get fat.
oh what a great pumpkin bread love your blog
Enjoy your Halloween party! Love the pumpkin bread…with a strong cup of coffee please!
This is a MASSIVE pumpkin Peter! As you know I love all things pumpkin and this bread looks delicious.
I have never made anything else that soups and curries with pumpkin , i would love to try that bread too.
Lovely pictures! Pumpkin and phyllo is such a wonderful combination – I’m looking forward to those posts!
MOIST loaf. moist. no butter required, that’s for sure, but i’d probably use some anyway…
is that a turkey design on your pie, or is my imagination working overtime?
We like everything made with pumpkin, the bread looks super!!
Kalo mina Peter!!
Pumpkin is one of my “must haves” this season. It’s one of those veggies to experiment with.
I love pumpkin too…I make a wonderful soup and sometimes use butternut squash instead…like Lydia…
pumpkin bread is one of my favorite dessert like things…pumpkin anything I guess!
Lovely pumpkin bread Peter! Glad to hear you had a great time for Halloween (assuming the party was nice ofcourse..:))
Happy Halloween!
Great pumpkin bread! A good cup of coffee and a couple of slices of this fabulous pumpkin bread and everything would be good. :-)
Great blog post.
The pumpkin bread sounds delicious but I’m looking forward for the “pitas”.
Looking forward to your Greek twist on most things pumpkin! Your petite bread is great!
this is a gorgeous recipe, one can literally smell its perfume. how sad that autumn is over now!