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Bacon Pumpkin Bread
A deliciously spiced bacon pumpkin bread
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 20 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 slices of bacon (diced)
- 200 g (7oz) plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp allspice
- 0.25 tsp salt
- 170 g (6oz) caster sugar
- 2 eggs (beaten)
- 240 ml (1 cup) pumpkin puree
- 100 ml (0.4 cup) olive oil
- 60 ml (0.25 cup) water
- 4 tbsp pumpkin seeds and extra to top
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to fan assisted 160C / 180C / 350F / gas 4 and prepare a 2lb loaf tin.
- 2
Heat oil in frying pan and fry the bacon until done and set aside.
- 3
Combine the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- 4
In another bowl mix together the caster sugar, eggs, pumpkin puree, olive oil and water and mix.
- 5
Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients before stirring in the bacon and pumpkin seeds.
- 6
Pour the pumpkin bread mix into the loaf tin, top with extra pumpkin seeds and bake for 60-70 mins until an inserted skewer comes out clean.