Pumpkin Bread Breakfast Basket

so if you're headed to somebody's house for thanksgiving and you're looking for a great hostess gift this is a perfect solution it's my pumpkin bread breakfast basket so here's the thing about thanksgiving if you've never hosted it before. It's a lot of work and your poor hosts are probably going to be exhausted the following day so one of the things I like to do, is bring a basket of treats that they can wake up the next morning and dive into without having to think about breakfast here's what you do to put it together you are going to start by making some homemade pumpkin bread now this recipe makes two 9 x 13 loaves so you can either choose to bring both to your hosts or you can make one for them and keep one for yourself. Up to you In a large mixing bowl you are going to combine flour sugar salt some baking soda and some pumpkin pie spice whisk that altogether until it's combined and then just set it aside and in another bowl you're gonna combine your wet ingredients you're going to take some pure pumpkin puree you want to make sure it's the pure pumpkin and not the pumpkin pie filling and then you're going to add some eggs some canola oil and some water. Mix that mixture all up and then you are slowly going to add your flour mixture you want to add the flour just in thirds you don't want to dump the thing all in or then you are going to end up with a tough cake so just slowly mix it together until combined and then I like to add some raisins you're then going to pour out your batter into two well greased 9 x 13 pans and then I like to decorate the breads. On one I'll add whole walnuts and on the other some pumpkin seeds its a really nice decorative touch that also adds a nice crunch to the bread you are then going to bake probably about 50 minutes just until toothpick comes out clean once your breads are cool you are then going to package them up in some of those clear treat bags i'd like to tape the underside of it too so it looks more like a present and then I like to package them up with some rafia and a little fake berry just to give it a fall touch then I'll go to my craft store and get 1/2 yard of burlap i love the burlap because it's rustic and just feels like something you'd use around thanksgiving I put the burlap the bottom of the basket and then I'm going to add the bread and some coffee I like to decant the coffee just so I can put it in my own decorative packaging and I'll put that also in a little plastic treat bag and then tie it up with a pretty ribbon then I'll add some fancy jellies i really loved the packaging Bonne Maman because they have that kind of hand-written title and it looks like you made it yourself then i'll cut out a square linen add that to the top and then tie that with some rafia again just to make it a little bit more decorative and special and that's it, that's all you have to do I promise, if you bring this to your hostess' house on thanksgiving they will be completely impressed and touched not only will they love it when you arrive but they'll love it even more the next day when they dig into it and continue to think about you! i'll see you back and next week for one of my favorite budget friendly meals for entertaining, my Italian Sausage and Peppers don't want to miss it, it's a good one!