4 cups flour (try whole wheat flour!)
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice (see below to make your own)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
1 ¾ cup 100% pure pumpkin
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup apple juice
4 eggs
¼ cup vegetable (or canola) oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chopped nuts, divided
preheat oven to 350°F.
sift flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt into medium bowl. combine pumpkin, brown sugar, apple juice, eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla extract in large bowl; stir well. stir in flour mixture and 3/4 cup nuts just until moistened. spoon into two reased 9x5-inch loaf pans. sprinkle remaining nuts over loaves.
bake at 350° for 60-70 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. cool inpans on wire rack for 10 minutes. remove from pans to cool completely.
homemade pumpkin pie spice:
3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons nutmeg
1 ½ teaspoons ground allspice
1 ½ teaspoons ground cloves
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons nutmeg
1 ½ teaspoons ground allspice
1 ½ teaspoons ground cloves
