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Marshallese Pumpkin Bread

Name: Marshallese Pumpkin Bread
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Marshall Islands
Ingredients: 300g Pumpkin; 200g All-purpose flour; 100g Sugar; 2 Egg; 80ml Vegetable Oil; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 1 tsp Cinnamon powder; A pinch Nutmeg; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 70 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Sweet bread with pumpkin worked into the batter — from the Marshall Islands.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

In the Marshall Islands, sweet bread made with island-grown pumpkin is baked and brought to gatherings and church events. Mashed pumpkin is mixed with flour, sugar, and spices and baked into a moist, orange loaf.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a church gathering in Majuro, a fresh orange loaf is sliced and handed out on paper plates.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Pumpkin 300g
All-purpose flour 200g
Sugar 100g
Egg 2
Vegetable Oil 80ml
Baking Powder 2 tsp
Cinnamon powder 1 tsp
Nutmeg A pinch
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Steam the pumpkin until soft, mash, and cool.
Mix the eggs, sugar, and oil, then add the pumpkin.
Sift in the flour, baking powder, spices, and salt and mix.
Pour into a loaf pan.
Bake at 180°C for 45 minutes.

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