Spicy Pumpkin Bread

Yield: 24 slices (serving size: 1 slice)

Ingredients

• 3 1/2  cups  all-purpose flour
• 2  teaspoons  baking powder
• 1  teaspoon  ground allspice
• 1  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon  ground nutmeg
• 3/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1/2  teaspoon  baking soda
• 1/2  teaspoon  ground cloves
• 1 1/3  cups  packed brown sugar
• 3/4  cup  fat-free milk
• 1/3  cup  vegetable oil
• 2  teaspoons  vanilla extract
• 2  large eggs
• 1  (15-ounce) can pumpkin
• Cooking spray
• 1/3  cup  chopped walnuts

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and the next 7 ingredients (flour through cloves) in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Combine sugar and the next 5 ingredients (sugar through pumpkin) in a bowl, and stir well with a whisk until smooth. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.

Spoon batter into 2 (8 x 4-inch) loaf

pans coated with cooking spray, and sprinkle with walnuts. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool loaves in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans. Cool loaves completely; cut each loaf into 12 slices.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

161 (26% from fat)

Fat:

4.7g (sat 0.8g,mono 1.3g,poly 2.3g)

Protein:

3.1g

Carbohydrate:

26.9g

Fiber:

1.3g

Cholesterol:

18mg

Iron:

1.4mg

Sodium:

138mg

Calcium:

46mg