Pumpkin Bread with Bourbon & Olive Oil
by Daniela MoltaFrom NYT Cooking, this hearty pumpkin bread is a twist on the traditional version with the addition of bourbon, browned butter and cardamom.
Pumpkin Bread with Bourbon & Olive Oil
Category
Seasonal bread
From NYT Cooking, this hearty pumpkin bread is a twist on the traditional version with the addition of bourbon, browned butter and cardamom.
Original recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017797-pumpkin-bread-with-brown-butter-and-bourbon
Ingredients
-
½ cup Domaine Lachaal Olive Oil
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
¼ cup bourbon (or use apple cider)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 ¾ cups pumpkin purée, homemade or canned (1 15-ounce can)
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 ¾ cups light brown sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
Directions
In a large skillet, melt 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and cook until the frothy white milk solids sink to the bottom of the pan and turn a fragrant, nutty brown, 5 to 7 minutes.
Brown butter can burn quickly, so watch it carefully.
In a glass liquid measuring cup, combine bourbon and vanilla. Add water until you reach the 2/3 cup mark. In a large bowl, whisk together bourbon mixture, pumpkin purée, eggs and Domaine Lachaal olive oil. With a spatula, scrape all the brown butter from the skillet into the pumpkin mixture and stir to combine.
- In another large bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cardamom. Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and stir to combine.
Divide batter between the two greased loaf pans. Place them on a rimmed baking sheet and transfer to oven. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a tester or toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Allow bread to cool completely before removing from pan.
Recipe Note
Tip: Spread with cream cheese for a breakfast delight.