I seriously wait for this all year! I know it may be kind of weird that we don't make it at other times during the year but it seems to be one of those comfort foods that you just associate with the fall!
This is my Mom's recipe:
Mix Together:
1 2/3 C flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp all spice
Beat Together:
1 1/2 C sugar
1/2 C oil
2 eggs
1 C canned pumpkin
Combine and either put into a greased and floured loaf pan or separate in to muffin tins (makes 12 muffins)
So I decided to try to make it low calorie and this is what I did...
Mix Together:
1 2/3 C flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp all spice
Beat Together:
1 C canned pumpkin
BEFORE
AFTER
This brings the calories to about 88 calories per muffin (I like making muffins because they are super easy to just grab and go!)
I have to say, they were not as moist as Mom's are but they were still quite good. I think next time I might try doing half applesauce and half oil to see if that makes a difference! Oh well, can't win 'em all!
Thanks for stopping by,
Jess
Yum! Love pumpkin bread! I'll have to try this recipe.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't care about the calories (which you pretty much don't need to cause you look amazing!) I would definitely go with the original. If you want to try lower calories, I made them again yesterday and used half oil and half applesauce and they were MUCH better! Enjoy : )
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