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Pumpkin Beer Bread

October 5, 2014 by jessfuel 9 Comments

Pumpkin Beer Bread

I did something a little crazy last week. I signed up for the Rock N Roll Las Vegas half marathon! I had been thinking about and planning it for the last few months, but I finally made it official last week. I paid my nearly $200 registration fee, booked a hotel, and now there is no turning back!! My sister is coming to visit me in November (just about 6 weeks from now) and we are going to go to Vegas and run it together. It will be a first for both of us– Vegas AND half marathon.

About a year and a half ago, I trained for a half marathon and got all the way to the 12 mile long run. And then two days before the race I came down with a gnarly stomach bug that ended up lasting a full week. I was so bummed out I couldn’t do the race! I started a full time job shortly after that and didn’t have time to train for another one. Well, I still don’t exactly have time to train (and this time of year when it’s getting darker and darker on both ends of my workday doesn’t help), but it’s something that needs to be crossed off the bucket list, so I’m going to make it work.

I’m following a 6-week training plan, which is what I used last time. (I’ve been running 3 miles 4-5 times per week pretty consistently for the past few years… if you haven’t been running consistently, I wouldn’t suggest a 6-week plan.) Technically it starts tomorrow, but I decided to try 5 miles today to make sure I wouldn’t die. I survived!

So since my favorite long run carb-loading items are beer and bread, today I made you some beer bread. And since it’s a balmy 96 degree October day here in the Central Valley, I decided to summon fall by adding a little pumpkin.

Pumpkin Beer Bread

Pumpkin Beer Bread

(adapted from gimme some oven)

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp all spice
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/2 tsp ginger
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 12-ounce bottle pumpkin ale

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a large bowl, combine flours, baking powder, spices and salt. Add the honey, pumpkin and beer and stir everything until just combined.

Pour into a non-stick sprayed loaf pan. Bake 55-65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Let cool in pan 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Serve warm with lots of melty butter!

This bread has the yeasty-ness of beer bread with the spiciness of pumpkin bread. It would be perfect alongside a big bowl of chili!

Are you training for any races these days? What are your favorite pumpkin treats?

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Comments

  1. Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says

    October 6, 2014 at 9:55 am

    Oh my gosh, this bread sounds incredible, Jess! I love beer bread, but with pumpkin sounds amazing! Pinning to try out!

    Reply
  2. Natalie @ Tastes Lovely says

    October 6, 2014 at 10:18 am

    That is so exciting you’re doing a half marathon! And with your sister too. That should be so fun. Ok, so funny story about the Rock and Roll Half Marathon in Vegas. I was in Vegas that weekend years ago for a friends 21st birthday. As we were headed up to our rooms very, very early in the morning after a night of dancing, there were all these runners headed down to go for their run. I definitely felt like we were having polar opposite Vegas experiences. Ha!

    This pumpkin beer bread sounds SO good!

    Reply
    • jessfuel says

      October 6, 2014 at 6:38 pm

      Haha that’s hilarious! I know… I kind of feel like we are not going to have the TRUE Vegas experience lol… you know, having to actually SLEEP and perhaps consume a few less cocktails… but I think we will still have a blast!! And I’m sure there will be MANY people there thinking we are crazy!!

      Reply
  3. Annie @Maebells says

    October 6, 2014 at 12:22 pm

    Good for you!!! I am so impressed! I do not think I am strong enough to do something like that! I will be cheering you on from Tennessee! ๐Ÿ™‚ And this pumpkin beer bread?! Omg I love it!

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  4. Amy says

    October 6, 2014 at 4:06 pm

    Three cheers for running! Based on how regularly you run, I agree that you’ll have no trouble being race ready in 6 weeks. Happy running and have a great race!

    Reply
  5. David @ Spiced says

    October 6, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    I love me some pumpkin beers! I just had some of that Shipyard a couple of weeks ago…delicious. What a great idea to turn it into pumpkin beer bread!

    Reply
  6. Denise | Sweet Peas & Saffron says

    October 6, 2014 at 7:19 pm

    You go, girl! I’ve always wanted to do a half marathon…someday! It’s definitely on the bucket list. And I’m adding this beer bread to the bucket list, too, because it looks amazing!

    Reply
  7. Katie says

    October 7, 2014 at 8:15 am

    Good luck on your Vegas run! It sounds like so much fun, you can do it! This bread looks great, bread + beer + pumpkin= yum! Pinning to my beautiful bread board ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply

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