Golden Pumpkin-Walnut Loaf

Seal this quick bread in plastic, then wrap with a pretty kitchen towel and tie it up with a ribbon. Add a card that suggests toasting slices of this moist bread for breakfast and spreading with light cream cheese for a special treat. You can even include a small crock of cream cheese in a basket with the bread for a hand-delivered gift.

Yield: 16 servings (serving size: 1 slice)

Ingredients

• 1 1/4  cups  all-purpose flour (about 5 1/2 ounces)
• 1/2  cup  yellow cornmeal
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  baking powder
• 1  teaspoon  ground ginger
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  baking soda
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground cardamom
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground mace
• 3/4  cup  packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2  cup  granulated sugar
• 2  large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1  cup  canned pumpkin
• 3  tablespoons  canola oil
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  vanilla extract
• 1  cup  golden raisins
• 1/2  cup  chopped walnuts
• Cooking spray

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 7 ingredients (through mace) in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.

Combine sugars and eggs in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add pumpkin, oil, and vanilla; stir well. Add raisins and nuts; add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack, and remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

209 (25% from fat)

Fat:

5.9g (sat 0.7g,mono 2.1g,poly 2.7g)

Protein:

3.2g

Carbohydrate:

37g

Fiber:

1.5g

Cholesterol:

26mg

Iron:

1.5mg

Sodium:

190mg

Calcium:

52mg