Pumpkin! Pumpkin Bread and Pumpkin Pie Squares

My, that pumpkin didn't seem to last very long. We got seasoned seeds, a soup, 3 loaves of pumpkin bread and a pan of pumpkin pie squares. On second thought, I guess that's pretty good for one Halloween pumpkin!

Tomorrow I'll take the pumpkin pie squares to a MoveOn potluck in Kailua (along with the white bean and ham soup that I made this evening - yum!) I get to attend a political group that I've never associated with before and perhaps meet some like-minded people. I'm taking a friend from Singapore with me. I hope to have a lot of fun doing something new for me.

Pumpkin Bread

Prep Time: 15 Min
Cook Time: 50 Min
Ready In: 1 Hr 5 Min
Yield 3 - 8 1/2 x4 1/2 inch loaf pans

Ingredients
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree or 2 cups pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 cups white sugar
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup raisins
1 cup walnuts, chopped

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.

In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Add raisins and chopped walnuts and gently mix. Pour into the prepared pans.

Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.


Pumpkin Pie Squares

Servings 24
Yield 1 - 9x13 inch dish
Prep Time: 20 Min
Cook Time: 35 Min
Ready In: 55 Min

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup brown sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup rolled oats
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 (15 ounce) cans pumpkin or 4 cups pumpkin puree
2 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a medium bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Mix in flour. Fold in oats. Press into a 9x13 inch baking dish.

Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes, until set.

In a large bowl, beat eggs with white sugar. Beat in pumpkin and evaporated milk. Mix in salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Pour over baked crust.

Bake in preheated oven 45 minutes, until set. Let cool before cutting into squares.