Pumpkin Bread topped with Crystallized Ginger

== Description ==
Pumpkin Bread Topped with Crystallized Ginger from the Public Health Cookbook, Seattle & King County Office of Public Health—original recipe, in the public domain
* Serves: 24
== Ingredients ==
* 1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin
* 1⅔ cups sugar
* ⅔ cup unsweetened applesauce
* ½ cup low-fat milk
* 2 teaspoons vanilla
* 2 eggs + 4 egg whites
* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* ½ teaspoon baking powder
* ½ teaspoon ground cloves
* vanilla glaze
* 3 tablespoons crystallized ginger, chopped
=== Vanilla Glaze ===
* ⅔ cup powdered sugar
* 3 teaspoons warm water
* ¼ teaspoons vanilla
== Directions ==
# Move oven rack to bottom position. Heat oven to 350°F. 
# Grease 2 loaf pans, 8½ x 4½ x 2½ or 9 x 5 x 3".
# Mix pumpkin, sugar, applesauce, milk, vanilla and eggs in a large bowl. 
# Stir in remaining ingredients except vanilla glaze and ginger.
# Pour batter evenly into each of the pans. 
# Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in middle of bread comes out clean.
# Cool for 10 minutes then loosen bread and cool completely on a wire rack (about 1 hour).
=== Vanilla Glaze ===
# Thoroughly mix glaze ingredients in a bowl.
# Drizzle on bread. 
# Sprinkle with chopped crystallized ginger.
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Category:Applesauce Recipes
Category:Dessert loaf Recipes
Category:Pumpkin Recipes
Category:Thanksgiving Pies and Desserts