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The Best Pumpkin Bread

Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2016 · 2 loaves

Against 142 pumpkin bread recipes

More salt than 95% of recipes and less pumpkin than 77%.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 142 pumpkin bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More salt than 95% of recipes: 2.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%, about twice as much.
  • Less pumpkin than 77% of recipes: 97% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 127%.
  • More sugar than 76% of recipes: 137% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 114%.
Pumpkin: 97%, 19th percentileSugar: 137%, 78th percentileFat: 50%, 48th percentileEgg: 46%, 45th percentileSpice: 2.1%, 41st percentileLeavening: 3.8%, 66th percentileSalt: 2.7%, 96th percentilePumpkinSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • Unsalted butter, for the pansn/a
  • 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the pan (see Cook's Note)≈ 438 g
  • 3 cups sugar≈ 600 g
  • 1 cup vegetable oil≈ 218 g
  • 4 large eggs, lightly beaten≈ 200 g
  • One 15-ounce can pure pumpkin puree425 g
  • 2 teaspoons fine salt≈ 12 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 12 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 2.6 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice≈ 2.6 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves≈ 1.3 g
  • 2/3 cup water≈ 158 g

flour 438 gbatter 2076 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 142 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Pumpkin97% · 19th percentile
  • Sugar137% · 78th percentile
  • Fat50% · 48th percentile
  • Egg46% · 45th percentile
  • Spice2.1% · 41st percentile
  • Leavening3.8% · 66th percentile
  • Salt2.7% · 96th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
60 minutes
median 55 minutes

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