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Spiced Pumpkin Bread – One More Pumpkin Bread Recipe Can’t Hurt!

November 6, 2020 By Elizabeth Davenport Leave a Comment

Why would I share a pumpkin bread recipe when there are already millions out there? I’ve made many of those recipes and this one from The Foster’s Market Cookbook that I’ve adapted over the years is my favorite. One more pumpkin bread recipe can’t hurt! Especially THIS recipe for 2 loaves of delicious, full-of-flavor, moist pumpkin bread!

How are you taking care of yourself this week?

How are you doing this week? It’s been a stressful week that’s for sure! Diving into activities that I love helps manage stress.

Baking and cooking are activities that have always helped me cope. I can lose myself in them completely. As you might guess, I’ve been baking and cooking a lot this week! One thing I’ve baked is pumpkin bread. The weather is turning chilly (sometimes) here in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) and the leaves are turning which means it’s time to bake pumpkin bread. The leaves are also turning near Lancaster, PA where I took this photo a few weeks ago during a walk with my in-laws.

Some quick breads are too sweet for me, or too dry, or not flavorful enough. This recipe takes care of all these issues and what you get is a not-too-sweet, moist, flavorful loaf (actually 2 loaves) of pumpkin bread!

This bread tastes even better the second day and the third, if there’s any left! I often freeze one of the two loaves. I like to make this in small loaf pans during the holidays and give friends four little loaves. 

This recipe for Spiced Pumpkin Bread makes 2 loaves.

Breakfast and snack ideas

I love having pumpkin bread for breakfast or a snack. A simple slice of this pumpkin bread is satisfying on its own. That said, here are a few more ways to serve this delicious pumpkin bread:

  • Toasted and topped with salted butter and a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar
  • Alongside a mug of hot apple cider
  • Toasted and topped with almond butter (or sunflower butter) and a drizzle of maple syrup
  • Served with a side of maple yogurt and toasted pecans
  • Topped with a nut butter (or sunflower butter) and thinly sliced apples
  • Leftover pumpkin bread (or any quick bread) works well in bread pudding

Speaking of sweets – what we say matters.

Did you have a chance to read Anna’s latest post? She writes about the importance of language around food, in particular sweets at Halloween. But, the advice in her post is relevant all year. Especially as we go into the holiday season and there tends to be more sweets around. Click here to read more on how to talk about sweets.

Posts from our November 2018 and 2019 archives

  • Three Steps to Keep Your Holidays Free From Diet Culture
  • Corn Pudding: An Easy Side for Thanksgiving (or Any Day!)
  • Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie
  • Thanksgiving Traditions and A Dessert
  • Your Care Instructions
  • Gift Ideas: Nutrition and Body Books for Kids and Parents
  • Keep It Simple: 3 Quick and Easy Meals
  • Easy Convenient Fruit and Veggie Sides
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Spiced Pumpkin Bread-One More Pumpkin Bread Recipe Can’t Hurt!

A full-of-flavor, moist pumpkin bread. The recipes makes 2 loaves so you can share one or stash it in the freezer for next week. 

Adapted from Spiced Pumpkin Bread from The Foster’s Market Cookbook by Sara Foster

  • Author: Elizabeth Davenport
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Ingredients

3 ½ cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 Tablespoon + ½ teaspoon cinnamon

1 Tablespoon + ½ teaspoon nutmeg

Pinch of ground cloves

2 ¼ cup granulated sugar

4 large eggs

1 cup canola oil

One 15-ounce can pumpkin puree

½ cup water

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  • Butter and flour two 9 x 3 inch loaf pans (or you can spray them with Pam)
  • Into a medium mixing bowl, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices. Whisk to combine.
  • Put the canola oil, sugar and eggs in a large mixing bowl. Whisk until well combined.
  • Add the water, pumpkin and vanilla to the oil, sugar and egg mixture. Whisk to combine.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir to combine. Don’t over mix the batter.
  • Pour the batter evenly into the prepared loaf pans. Bake for 50-60 minutes. Check for doneness at the 50 minute mark by inserting a toothpick into the top of the loaf. If it comes out clean, the bread is done baking. 
  • Remove the bread from the oven and place on cooling racks. Let cool for 10-15 minutes before turning the loaves out of the pans.

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The Spooky Language of Halloween

October 26, 2020 By Anna Lutz Leave a Comment

One of my childhood Halloween memories is going to a church event when I was about 9 years old.  I was dressed up as the pop music singer Cyndi Lauper. My costume was complete with thick make-up, layers of costume jewelry and sprayed on orange hair color. 

The church fellowship hall was set up with stations of various Halloween games, where children could participate in each game for candy.  I remember enthusiastically participating in bobbing for apples! I dunked my face into the ice water and turned the tub of water bright orange!

This Halloween will be VERY different.  Due to the pandemic, Halloween celebrations will be smaller and closer to home. Some families are trick-or-treating inside their house room-to-room, while others are planning egg-hunt style candy gatherings in their yards. We are planning to make small goodie bags filled with candy and leaving them for trick-or-treaters in our driveway. No matter what your plans are for Halloween, I invite you to consider the language you use in your home about Halloween and candy. 

Food and Language

How we talk to and around children about food has a lasting impact.  Do we want our children to remember the fun and silly parts of Halloween events, or the fear-based diet culture messages about the candy and treats?  

We all know candy isn’t the most nutritious food item out there.  However, food and our relationship with food is complicated. It’s not black and white. As we raise children to have a positive relationship around all foods, the goal is not for them to eat the most nutritious food today.  We need to zoom out. The goal is for them to have exposure to different foods in neutral and positive ways and grow up with food being important, but not TOO important, in their lives.  Children learn best through modeling and experiences, not necessarily from what we tell them with our words.

Candy is an important part of Halloween and if we make it forbidden or evoke fear or shame around it, we complicate our children’s (and our own) relationship with food. The more an item is forbidden, typically children will seek out that food more. As children seek out the forbidden food item, they may feel feelings of shame: 

“If candy is bad, and I eat candy, am I bad?” 

Other children, may become fearful of the forbidden food, avoiding it all together with anxiety and confusion about why trusted adults make the “bad” food available to them:

“If candy is bad and will hurt me, why is my mom letting me get candy?”

Let’s eliminate the spooky language of Halloween. 

Instead of saying: 

  • “Whoa, you need to keep that candy away from me.” ⁣⁣
  • “Mommy can’t eat bad food like that.”⁣
  • “Be careful, you’re going to have all of that bad food from Halloween.”
  • “We’re going to be bad tonight, tomorrow we’ll eat healthfully.”
  • “You better eat lots of healthy food tonight before we go out and get all that junk.” ⁣

Try instead: ⁣

  • “Let’s sit down and eat supper before we head out for the fun.”
  • “Look at your stash. Yum!”⁣
  • “I loved seeing your excitement tonight! Your costume was amazing.”⁣
  • “Reese’s are my favorite. Can I have one?”⁣
  • “What it your favorite candy that you got tonight?”

Diet culture has snuck into almost all parts of parenting.  I will not let diet culture make Halloween scarier than it’s supposed to be and steal the fun. By not demonizing candy, we model for our children that it’s okay for it to be a part of their lives, and we support them in growing up to not have a conflicted relationship with food and their bodies.

Questions about how to handle Halloween? Check out Lauren McIlwaine‘s blog post from last year, Handling Halloween: A Step-by-Step Parent Guide

Filed Under: Family Feeding

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