BRANDIED PUMPKIN BREAD

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A wonderful hearty pumpkin bread made in the machine. I make it every Thanksgiving. It's not like your usual pumpkin breads (sweet breads) made for dessert, it's more a serve-with-the-meal kind of bread.

Provided by Jennifer Napoli Horvath

Time 2h50m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

3 cups bread flour
2 ¼ teaspoons bread machine yeast
¼ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 ¼ teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons butter, softened
¾ cup canned pumpkin puree
½ cup water
1 ½ teaspoons brandy

Steps:

Combine flour, yeast, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, salt, butter, pumpkin puree, water, and brandy in the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
Select the Sweet or Basic/White cycle using the Light crust setting and start the machine. (To make the bread without a bread machine, see Editor's Note.)
When the bread is done baking, remove it from the pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 249.5 calories, Carbohydrate 45.8 g, Cholesterol 7.6 mg, Fat 3.9 g, Fiber 2.5 g, Protein 7 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 386.9 mg, Sugar 7.2 g