Pumpkin-Ale Sweet Bread

Name: Pumpkin-Ale Sweet Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp pumpkin-pie spice; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 eggs; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 cup pure pumpkin purée; 1/3 cup pumpkin ale; 1/4 cup canola oil; 1 tsp vanilla; 2/3 cup icing sugar; 2 tbsp pumpkin ale; 1/4 cup pepitas

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Prep Time10 min
Total Time1 h 10 min
Makes12 Slices

Pies, step aside! This moist, rich sweet bread comes together in just 10 minutes. Drizzled with pumpkin-ale glaze and crunchy pepitas, it's as beautiful as it is delicious.

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp pumpkin-pie spice
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup pure pumpkin purée
1/3 cup pumpkin ale
1/4 cup canola oil
1 tsp vanilla

GLAZE

2/3 cup icing sugar
2 tbsp pumpkin ale
1/4 cup pepitas

Instructions

PREHEAT oven to 350F. Lightly spray a 9 × 5-in. loaf pan with oil.
STIR flour with baking soda, pumpkin-pie spice and salt in a medium bowl.
WHISK eggs with brown sugar in a large bowl. Whisk in pumpkin purée, 1/3 cup ale, oil and vanilla. Whisk flour mixture into pumpkin mixture until combined. Scrape into prepared pan (batter will be thick). Smooth top.
BAKE in centre of oven until loaf is dark golden and a skewer inserted in centre of loaf comes out clean, 60 to 65 min. Transfer to a rack. Let stand 15 min. Run a knife along edges of loaf pan and transfer loaf to rack.
WHISK icing sugar and pumpkin ale in a small bowl. Spoon over top of loaf and sprinkle with pepitas.

Chatelaine Quickies: Pumpkin Ale Sweet Bread

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories 225, Protein 4g, Carbohydrates 37g, Fat 7g, Fibre 1g, Sodium 218mg.
Excellent source of Vitamin A.

Ingredient Tip: Pumpkin ale is sold in beer or liquor stores during the fall. Cream ale works just as well.

Kid-Friendly Tip: Substitute unsweetened apple juice for ale in the recipe.

Pumpkin-Ale Muffins topped with crunchy streusel and a glaze in a muffin tin on a blue placemat

(Photo: Erik Putz)

Make the muffin version of this bread with our Pumpkin-Ale Muffin Recipe.

Get more of our best pumpkin baking recipes.

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