The BEST Pumpkin Bread with Brown Butter Maple Icing

But because I’m stubborn (and in denial) I’ve been rocking my boots, flannels and leggings and sweating profusely while doing so… only until I crank up the AC in October(!!!) and then I feel a little more fall-ish.

I’ve lit pumpkin candles around the house. I’ve purchased logs of wood for fires. I’ve even draped throw blankets back on over the couches to invite fall into Sacramento. But it’s still Daisy-Duke weather and I’m about to lose it.

The rest of the world is blissfully sipping PSL’s while they bundle up in peacoats and scarves and break out their Hunter boots for impending thunderstorms. Me? I’m digging through my closet for the tiniest shorts I own in an attempt to stay cool and the only thunderstorm in Sacramento is the thunderous sobbing by yours truly over the fact that it’s ALMOST ONE HUNDRED DEGREES STILL.

Like, WTF Mother Nature? What did I ever do to you? Don’t you know PSL’s are seasonal? Don’t you know they GO AWAY SOON?! I cant very well sip on them blissfully while red leaves twirl at my feet when I’m still wearing a bikini and slapping on sunscreen.

Life can be so unfair at times.

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter, softened (I used Land O Lakes)
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree (the puree, NOT pumpkin pie filling!)
• 2 eggs
• 1 & ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 & ½ cups all-purpose flour

FOR GLAZE:

• ½ cup (1 stick) butter
• 1 - 1 & ½ cups powdered sugar (start with one cup and add more if glaze is too runny)
• 1-2 Tbsp maple syrup
• ¼ cup milk, optional if glaze is too thick

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Liberally grease a 9" loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
2. Meanwhile, in a bowl combine all of the above bread ingredients and beat at medium speed with a handheld mixer, scraping down the sides of the bowl, until well-mixed.
3. ................................

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