PUMPKIN BREAD WITH GINGERBREAD TOPPING

Pumpkin Bread with Gingerbread Topping image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 20

3/4 cup butter, cubed
2-1/4 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups canned pumpkin
3 large Nellie's Free Range Eggs
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup finely chopped crystallized ginger
TOPPING:
10 gingersnap cookies
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
6 tablespoons cold butter
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts, optional

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large heavy saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Heat 5-7 minutes or until golden brown, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Transfer to a large bowl; cool slightly. Add sugar, pumpkin and eggs; beat until well blended., In another bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture. Fold in walnuts and ginger., Transfer to five greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Place cookies, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg in a food processor; pulse until cookies are finely ground. Add butter; pulse until crumbly. Sprinkle cookie mixture and, if desired, walnuts over batter., Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.