Monday, December 24, 2007

Apple Cider Pumpkin Bread

1 1/2 cups apple cider
1 cup pumpkin puree
2 eggs
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup grated apple
2 cups flour
2 tsps baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground mace
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp ground cinnamon

In a saucepan, boil the cider until it is reduced to about 1/4 cup and let it cool. In a bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, brown sugar, grated apple and the reduced cider.
In another bowl, whisk together flour baking soda, salt, mace, cloves and cinnamon. Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and stir until just combined. Transfer batter to a well greased 8x4inch loaf pan and bake in a preheated 350F oven for 1 hour or until a tester comes out clean. Let the bread cool.