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Thank you to everyone for your suggestions! They WILL all get made at some point...
I was all set to make pumpkin cheesecake, mostly because it involved about 5 minutes of mixing, 10 minutes or so for a graham cracker crust, and then leave-it-alone-to-bake time, and had ALL the ingredients but realized that I don't currently own springform pans. Yay.
I ended up making this very quick and tasty pumpkin bread, with one alteration: I added a brown-sugar cinnamon glaze. Recipe as follows (judging is still going on, so I do not know who won!):
Edited to add: I doubled the spices on this. I think it tasted better that way - your mileage may vary!
Also, some of the comments on the website suggested substituting applesauce and/or melted butter for some of the oil - I think that could be tasty, as would just using more pumpkin puree in place of some of the oil, for added flavor and moisture.
DOWNEAST MAINE PUMPKIN BREAD
INGREDIENTS
* 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
* 4 eggs
* 1 cup vegetable oil
* 2/3 cup water
* 3 cups white sugar
* 3 1/2 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
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
2. 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. Pour into the prepared pans.
3. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Glaze recipe, inspired by multiple sources, to be brushed/drizzled on while the loaves are still hot.
* 1 cup powdered (icing) sugar
* 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons butter, softened
* Cinnamon to taste
- Mix ingredients, then add 1-3 tablespoons of milk or cream to get the consistency you want (some people like thicker glaze, others like it thinner - you decide!). Drizzle or brush onto loaves while hot - you can poke holes in the loaves with a thin skewer or toothpick if you like first, but it isn't vital.
I was all set to make pumpkin cheesecake, mostly because it involved about 5 minutes of mixing, 10 minutes or so for a graham cracker crust, and then leave-it-alone-to-bake time, and had ALL the ingredients but realized that I don't currently own springform pans. Yay.
I ended up making this very quick and tasty pumpkin bread, with one alteration: I added a brown-sugar cinnamon glaze. Recipe as follows (judging is still going on, so I do not know who won!):
Edited to add: I doubled the spices on this. I think it tasted better that way - your mileage may vary!
Also, some of the comments on the website suggested substituting applesauce and/or melted butter for some of the oil - I think that could be tasty, as would just using more pumpkin puree in place of some of the oil, for added flavor and moisture.
DOWNEAST MAINE PUMPKIN BREAD
INGREDIENTS
* 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
* 4 eggs
* 1 cup vegetable oil
* 2/3 cup water
* 3 cups white sugar
* 3 1/2 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
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
2. 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. Pour into the prepared pans.
3. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Glaze recipe, inspired by multiple sources, to be brushed/drizzled on while the loaves are still hot.
* 1 cup powdered (icing) sugar
* 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons butter, softened
* Cinnamon to taste
- Mix ingredients, then add 1-3 tablespoons of milk or cream to get the consistency you want (some people like thicker glaze, others like it thinner - you decide!). Drizzle or brush onto loaves while hot - you can poke holes in the loaves with a thin skewer or toothpick if you like first, but it isn't vital.
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