{"slug":"pumpkin-bread-with-brown-butter-and-bourbon","collection":"recipes","is_recipe":true,"visibility":"public","title":"Pumpkin Bread With Brown Butter and Bourbon","description":"A deeply spiced pumpkin quick bread enriched with nutty brown butter and bourbon, baked into two loaves with whole wheat flour, cardamom, and dark brown sugar.","body_md":"\nThis recipe is modified from the source to cut out extra fat and boost flavor.\n\n## Source\n\nhttps://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017797-pumpkin-bread-with-brown-butter-and-bourbon\n\n## Change Log\n\n-   Swapped unsweetened applesauce for oil\n-   Swapped extra bourbon for water\n-   Swapped dark brown sugar for light\n-   Increased cinnamon and ginger slightly\n-   Chose 4 cardamon pods instead of measured amount\n\n## Special Equipment\n\n-   2 × 8½×4½-inch loaf pans\n-   Parchment Paper\n\n## Pre-heat Oven\n\n-   Pre-heat over to 350°F\n-   Move rack to center position\n\n## Ingredients\n\n-   113g (4oz) unsalted butter (1 stick)\n-   145ml (scant ⅔ cup) bourbon\n-   1 tablespoon vanilla\n-   420ml (1¾ cups) pumpkin purée (**Roast Pumpkin**)\n-   4 eggs\n-   120ml (½ cup) unsweetened applesauce\n-   256g (9oz) all-purpose flour\n-   120g whole wheat flour\n-   350g dark brown sugar\n-   1 ½ teaspoons baking soda\n-   5 grams fine sea salt\n-   10 grams ground cinnamon\n-   2 grams ground ginger\n-   4 cardamom pods; seeds ground\n\n## Preparation\n\n### Prep Pans\n\n1.  Grease the insides of two 8½×4½-inch loaf pans with butter\n2.  Line with parchment paper; butter the paper\n3.  Dust with flour\n\n### Brown Butter\n\n1.  In a large skillet, melt **butter** over medium-high heat.\n2.  Reduce heat to medium and cook until the frothy white milk solids\n    sink to the bottom of the pan and turn a fragrant, nutty brown, **5\n    to 7 minutes**.\n3.  Brown butter can burn quickly, so watch it carefully.\n4.  Brown butter is almost ready when the frantic sound of bubbling\n    begins to die down.\n\n### Wets\n\n1.  In a glass liquid measuring cup, combine **145ml (scant ⅔ cup)\n    bourbon** and **1 tablespoon vanilla** — together they fill the 160ml\n    (⅔ cup) mark.\n2.  Top up with additional **bourbon** if the two fall short of the mark.\n3.  In a large bowl, whisk together bourbon mixture, **pumpkin purée**,\n    **eggs** and **applesauce**.\n4.  With a spatula, scrape all the brown butter from the skillet into\n    the pumpkin mixture and stir to combine.\n\n### Drys\n\n-   In another large bowl, whisk together:\n    -   all-purpose flour\n    -   whole wheat flour\n    -   brown sugar\n    -   baking soda\n    -   salt\n    -   cinnamon\n    -   ginger\n    -   cardamom\n\n### Combine\n\n1.  Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and stir to combine.\n\n### Bake\n\n1.  Divide batter between the two greased loaf pans. Use a scale to\n    ensure equal amounts are in both pans.\n2.  Place them on a rimmed baking sheet and transfer to oven.\n3.  Bake for **50 to 60 minutes** or until a tester or toothpick\n    inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.\n4.  Allow bread to cool completely before removing from pan.\n\n\n## Notes\n\n- **Unit repair (2026-07-30):** the ounce figures here were placeholders rather than conversions — small weights had been written \"(1oz)\", middling ones \"(2oz)\" or \"(3oz)\", regardless of the actual gram value. The gram weights are correct and are unchanged; only the bogus ounce fragments are removed. A spoon or cup measure sharing the same parentheses is kept, since that one is real.\n\n- **Bourbon quantity resolved (2026-07-30):** the ingredient line read \"60ml (¼ cup) bourbon (plus extra; see notes below)\" and pointed at a section that did not exist, so any shopping list built from it came up roughly 2.4× short. The amount was recoverable from the recipe's own Wets step: bourbon and vanilla together fill the 160ml (⅔ cup) mark, and the vanilla is 1 tablespoon (15ml), which leaves 145ml of bourbon. The line now states that figure and the step names both amounts. No quantity was invented — this is the recipe's own stated total less its own stated part.\n\n- **Loaf pan resolved (2026-07-30, Robert): 8½×4½-inch.** Special Equipment said two 9-inch while the Prep step said two 8-inch; both are real pan sizes, so the text could not settle it. Confirmed as the smaller standard pan (~6 cups), which gives a taller, more domed loaf and a slightly longer bake than a 9×5 would.\n","draft":false,"servings":"16","prep_time":"20 minutes","cook_time":"55 minutes","total_time":"1 hour 15 minutes","source_name":"NYT Cooking","source_url":"https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017797-pumpkin-bread-with-brown-butter-and-bourbon","created_at":"2017-10-11T20:08:26Z","updated_at":"2026-08-27T21:27:06.71658Z","categories":["Bread"],"tags":["bourbon","Browned Butter","Pumpkin"],"methods":["Baked"],"themes":["Vegetarian"],"ingredients":[{"section":"","items":["-   113g (4oz) unsalted butter (1 stick)","-   145ml (scant ⅔ cup) bourbon","-   1 tablespoon vanilla","-   420ml (1¾ cups) pumpkin purée (**Roast Pumpkin**)","-   4 eggs","-   120ml (½ cup) unsweetened applesauce","-   256g (9oz) all-purpose flour","-   120g whole wheat flour","-   350g dark brown sugar","-   1 ½ teaspoons baking soda","-   5 grams fine sea salt","-   10 grams ground cinnamon","-   2 grams ground ginger","-   4 cardamom pods; seeds ground"],"parsed":[{"raw":"-   113g (4oz) unsalted butter (1 stick)","qty":113,"unit":"g","item":"unsalted butter"},{"raw":"-   145ml (scant ⅔ cup) bourbon","qty":145,"unit":"ml","item":"bourbon"},{"raw":"-   1 tablespoon vanilla","qty":1,"unit":"tbsp","item":"vanilla"},{"raw":"-   420ml (1¾ cups) pumpkin purée (**Roast Pumpkin**)","qty":420,"unit":"ml","item":"pumpkin purée"},{"raw":"-   4 eggs","qty":4,"item":"eggs"},{"raw":"-   120ml (½ cup) unsweetened applesauce","qty":120,"unit":"ml","item":"unsweetened applesauce"},{"raw":"-   256g (9oz) all-purpose flour","qty":256,"unit":"g","item":"all-purpose flour"},{"raw":"-   120g whole wheat flour","qty":120,"unit":"g","item":"whole wheat flour"},{"raw":"-   350g dark brown sugar","qty":350,"unit":"g","item":"dark brown sugar"},{"raw":"-   1 ½ teaspoons baking soda","qty":1,"item":"½ teaspoons baking soda"},{"raw":"-   5 grams fine sea salt","qty":5,"unit":"g","item":"fine sea salt"},{"raw":"-   10 grams ground cinnamon","qty":10,"unit":"g","item":"ground cinnamon"},{"raw":"-   2 grams ground ginger","qty":2,"unit":"g","item":"ground ginger"},{"raw":"-   4 cardamom pods; seeds ground","qty":4,"item":"cardamom pods; seeds ground"}]}],"related":[{"slug":"pumpkin-pie","title":"Pumpkin Pie","relation":"component"}],"servings_int":16,"qc":{"status":"passed","last_checked_at":"2026-08-27T21:28:34.639832Z","checked_by":"robert@sigler.io","standard_version":"2026-07-30","findings_count":0,"stale":false}}