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Easy Pumpkin Bread

King Arthur Baking · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 per loaf / 2 loaves

Against 142 pumpkin bread recipes

Less spice than 98% of recipes and less leavening than 90%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less spice than 98% of recipes: 0.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.4%, under a third as much.
  • Less leavening than 90% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.4%.
  • More salt than 86% of recipes: 2.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.4%.
Pumpkin: 106%, 32nd percentileSugar: 132%, 69th percentileFat: 50%, 41st percentileEgg: 50%, 67th percentileSpice: 0.7%, 1st percentileLeavening: 2.1%, 8th percentileSalt: 2.3%, 87th percentilePumpkinSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (17)

  • 1 cup (198g) vegetable oil198 g
  • 2 2/3 cups (528g) granulated sugar528 g
  • 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
  • 2 scant cups (425g) or one 15-ounce can pumpkin purée425 g
  • 2/3 cup (152g) water152 g
  • 3 1/3 cups (400g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour400 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons table salt≈ 9 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 2.6 g
  • 1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 cup (113g) chopped walnuts or pecans, optional*113 g
  • 1 1/2 cups (255g) chocolate chips, optional*255 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • coarse sparkling sugar, for sprinkling on top, optionaln/a
  • 1 cup (113g) confectioners' or glazing sugar113 g
  • 2 tablespoons (28g) butter, melted28 g
  • 1 tablespoon milk≈ 15 g

flour 400 gbatter 2295 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.

  • Pumpkin106% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar132% · 69th percentile
  • Fat50% · 41st percentile
  • Egg50% · 67th percentile
  • Spice0.7% · 1st percentile
  • Leavening2.1% · 8th percentile
  • Salt2.3% · 87th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
60 to 80 minutes
median 55 minutes

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