~Giveaway is CLOSED~ Tropical Traditions, Pumpkin Bread Recipe, and a Giveaway

I've shared this Pumpkin Bread recipe with you before but since it's Fall I thought it would be a good time to share it again. Today I made it with coconut oil from Tropical Traditions. 

The original recipe used Olive Oil but we like to cook our food with coconut oil since most other oils becomes toxic at high temperatures.

Pumpkin Bread/Muffins

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup pumpkin puree

1/2 cup coconut oil

2 eggs, beaten

1/4 cup water

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon allspice

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

(I've added raisins in the past and it tastes great!)

1 Preheat oven to 350°F. Sift together the flour, salt, sugar, and baking soda.

2 Mix the pumpkin, oil, eggs, 1/4 cup of water, and spices together, then combine with the dry ingredients, but do not mix too thoroughly. Stir in the nuts.

3 Pour into a well-buttered 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes until a thin skewer poked in the very center of the loaf comes out clean. Turn out of the pan and let cool on a rack.

Makes one loaf. Can easily double the recipe.

(i've used three small loaf pans and they bake in half the time)

Today I used our mini muffin tins and baked them for about 20 minutes.
Recipe adapted from the Fannie Farmer Cookbook.

Does it pass our official taste tester?

If the nearly empty pan is any indication then YES it passed with flying colors.

Now this oil does have a slight taste of coconut so I use it mainly for baking. Although in this recipe the spices were stronger than the coconut taste so I didn't taste it at all. If i were to make, say a stir fry, I would use the Expeller Pressed coconut oil that doesn't have a taste or smell like coconut.

More about Tropical Traditions:

Tropical Traditions is America’s source for coconut oil. Their Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil is hand crafted in small batches by family producers, and it is the highest quality coconut oil they offer. 

You can read more about how virgin coconut oil is different from other coconut oils on their website: What is Virgin Coconut Oil? 

They have many other products other than coconut oil as well. You can find organic snacks, baking supplies, pet products and more.

You can also watch the video they produced about Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil:

Tropical Traditions also carries other varieties of affordable high quality coconut oil.

Visit their website to check on current sales, to learn about the many uses of coconut oil, and to read about all the advantages of buying coconut oil online.

Since the FDA does not want us to discuss the health benefits of coconut oil on a page where it is being sold or given away, here is the best website to read about the health benefits of coconut oil.

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