Recipe #157: Orange Pumpkin Bread

1 loaf

1 cup all purpose flour
¾ cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoon  baking powder
1 ¼ cup brown sugar
1 or 2 eggs
¼ cup orange juice
1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon each salt, baking soda & fresh ground nutmeg
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
¼ teaspoon ground cloves or allspice
1 cup pureed pumpkin
2 teaspoon grated orange zest
3/4 teaspoon roasted pumpkin seeds

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Place flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and stir until well mixed.

Combine cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves in a bowl. Transfer 1 teaspoon of spices to another bowl and add 2 tablespoon  brown sugar. Set aside for the topping.

Place remaining spices and brown sugar in a bowl; add eggs and beat until smooth. Stir in pureed pumpkin, oil, orange juice and orange zest. Stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture. 

Spoon batter into a 9 x 5 inch oiled loaf pan. Sprinkle top with pumpkin seeds, then with reserved spiced sugar mixture. 

Bake on middle rack in oven for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. 

Let pan cool on rack for 15 minutes; turn loaf out and let cool completely.