Pumpkin Bread with Blood Orange Olive Oil

Serves 8
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup whole wheat flour
- ⅔ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon table salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup More Than Olives Blood Orange Olive Oil
- ⅓ cup honey
(OPTIONS: add nuts, raisins, dried cranberries, cinnamon, white, or chocolate chips)
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Brush a 9×5 inch loaf pan with olive oil.
In medium bowl, whisk both flours, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, add the pumpkin, sugar, olive oil and honey until well blended. In 2 batches, add the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture, stirring just until evenly blended. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Tap the pan on the counter a few times to settle the batter.
Bake on center rack until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-45 minutes. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then transfer the bread to a rack to cool completely before slicing.