We dogs recommend pumpkin for whatever ails you. To-day we are thinking of something that is good for the elders health-wise, but also extremely tasty and this is where we came to make Pumpkin Date Bread this morning. We again started with Betty Crocker, who also needs fiber, and made it our own.
We never use soy or canola oils for this reason: they are genetically modified (unless they are organic). They are also not a friend of the Artery. Instead, we use grapeseed oil or extra virgin olive oil. Here, we choose walnut oil as as we had bought some on sale and had not tried it yet. Also, finding ourselves sorely out of cloves, we replaced the spices in this recipe with 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice.
Pumpkin Date Bread
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup grapeseed oil
2 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
15 oz. pumpkin
3 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon (generous)
1/2 tsp. cloves (generous)
1 cup chopped dates
Oil bottoms of four or five mini loaf pans. Move oven rack to a position in the bottom 1/3 of the oven so that the loaf-tops will be in the center of the oven.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, until toothpick poked in center comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes before removing from pan.
Notes from Guthrie: We dogs feel it is important to make sure your oils and your nuts are not rancid. A dog can tell with just a whiff, but you people will need to take a taste of oil or of nut and make sure there is no bittery or acidic aftertaste on your tongue. If there is, they are no good and can't be salvaged and must be thrown away. Rancid oils will ruin the taste of a thing but are also full of free radicals which cause ill health and cancers. Never eat rancid oils.
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