Pumpkin Loaf (cut into bars)

Feed Your Soul Bakery has a new café at 14 Wall Street and is offering new autumn sweets, like their Gingerbread Molasses Cookies and Pumpkin Loaf. In addition, for every order placed, Feed Your Soul Bakery gives a cookie to the Coalition for the Homeless, the oldest not-for-profit advocacy group focused on homelessness in the United States.

Cook Time:30 min

Prep Time:10 min

Total Time:40 min

Servings: 8

Ingredients:

4 eggs

1 2/3 cups granulated sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

15-ounce can pumpkin

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

Pumpkin seeds for garnish

Preparation:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. Set aside. Using an electric mixer at medium speed, combine the eggs, sugar, oil and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix at low speed until thoroughly combined and the batter is smooth. Spread the batter into a greased 13 by 10-inch baking pan. Bake for 30 minutes. Allow to cool. Cut into bars and garnish with pumpkin seeds.