Recipe of the Week: Pumpkin Nut Bread

Ingredients:

• 1½ cups flour
• 1¼ tsp soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon ^[1]
• ½ tsp ground nutmeg ^[2]
• 1 cup canned pumpkin ^[3]
• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 2 tbs soft butter
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:

1. Sift flour, soda, salt, and spices.
2. Combine pumpkin, sugar, buttermilk, and egg in a mixing bowl.
3. Add dry ingredients and butter; beat until well blended.
4. Stir in nuts.
5. Spread in a well-greased and floured 4 to 5 cup mold or a 1-lb coffee can; cover with foil.
6. Place your rack in your slow-cooking pot.
7. Pour 2 cups of hot water in the pot.
8. Place covered bread container on the rack.
9. Cover pot and cook on high 3 to 4 hours.
10. Turn out on a cooling rack.

You can serve this warm or cool.

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