Pumpkin Loaves

Photo: flickr user Tony Crider

Ingredients

cup soft butter

cup packed brown sugar

2 eggs

cup molasses

cup all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons ground ginger

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

teaspoon nutmeg

1 pch allspice

1 pch salt

14 ounces pumpkin puree (1 can)

cup buttermilk

cup sifted powdered sugar (icing sugar)

1 tablespoon orange juice

Preparation

BEAT butter with brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time; beat in molasses. Stir together flour, ginger, baking soda and powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, salt; stir one-third into butter mixture. Stir in pumpkin. Stir in another third of the flour mixture; stir in buttermilk, then remaining flour mixture.

SCRAPE into 9 greased 3-1/2"x2-1/2" mini loaf pans or 9" suare cake pan. Bake in 350 F oven for about 30 minutes for mini loaves, 45 minutes for cake, or until tester comes out clean. Let cook in pans on racks for 20 minutes; turn out onto racks and let cool. Stir icing sugar with juice; drizzle over loaves.

Makes 9 mini loaves.

Description: "For gift giving Dalphna Robinovitch created these mini loaves"