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Sweet: Mini Pumpkin Spice Loaves




Source of Recipe


Christmas with Southern Living 2008, Oxmoor House, MAY 2008


List of Ingredients




3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
3 cups sugar
3 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
3/4 cup golden raisins
2 cups canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla extract


Recipe



Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.

Combine flour and next 6 ingredients in a medium bowl. Add pecans and raisins, tossing to coat. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with pumpkin, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla.

Spoon batter into 12 greased and floured 5" x 3" mini loaf pans. (We tested with Anolon nonstick 6-cavity mini loaf pans, filling each cup 2/3 full.) Bake at 325° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on a wire rack 10 minutes, remove from pans, and let cool completely. Frost loaves with Cream Cheese Icing.

YIELD: 12 MINI LOAVES


---CREAM CHEESE ICING---

Ingredients

1 (3-oz.) package cream cheese, softened
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Preparation

Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add powdered sugar, beating until smooth. Add milk, 1 Tbsp. at a time, beating until spreading consistency. (This icing's thick.)

YIELD: 1 3/4 Cups