Recipe - Squash Bread

Here is a taste of fall that we have been enjoying around our house.

Butternut Squash Walnut Bread

In a mixing bowl, combine the dry ingredients:

• 1 1/2 Cups flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 Cup suga
• 1 tsp baking soda

Set aside the dry ingredients and in another bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients and spices:

• 1 Cup cooked butternut squash puree (just scooped out of skin and it was soft enough)
• 1/2 Cup canola oil
• 1/2 Cup honey
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 Cup water
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon

Pour wet ingredients into dry, and stir until just combined. Stir in:

• 1/2 Cup chopped nuts

Pour into well-buttered loaf pan and bake at 350 F for 60 minutes. It may have to bake for longer.  Do the toothpick test.