Autumn Spiced Butternut Squash Bread recipe

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Ingredients

2 ⅔ cups white sugar
⅔ cup shortening
2 cups pureed cooked butternut squash
4 eggs
⅔ cup water
3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
⅔ cup chopped walnuts
⅔ cup raisins

Nutrition Info

305.9 calories
carbohydrate: 50.2 g
cholesterol: 37.2 mg
fat: 10.6 g
fiber: 1.8 g
protein: 4.5 g
saturatedFat: 2.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 365.1 mg
sugar: 30.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

  2. Beat sugar and shortening together in a bowl until fluffy. Stir butternut squash, eggs, and water into sugar mixture.

  3. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in another bowl, stir into sugar mixture. Add nuts and raisins, stir until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

Recipe Yield

2 9x5-inch loaves

Recipe Note

This is a good way to use butternut squash. It has the aroma and flavors of a pumpkin bread. A great bread for Thanksgiving time.

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