Pumpkin Oat Bread

Ingredients:

Pam cooking spray
1/2 cup regular butter, softened
1 1/2 cups packed light-brown sugar
3 large eggs, beaten
2 cups canned pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie filling)
1/4 tsp table salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups uncooked quick oats
2 1/2 tsp baking soda
24 walnut halves


Step 1:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9x13 inch baking dish with Pam cooking spray.

Step 2:

Using an electric mixer, in a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and pumpkin; beat well. Add salt, pumpkin pie spice, flour, oats, and baking soda.

Step 3:

Pour batter into prepared baking dish and place walnut halves on top so there will be a half of a walnut on each piece. Bake about 40 to 45 minutes, and use a toothpick to test.

Step 4:

Cool in pan and cut into 24 servings.


Makes 24 servings; 4 Points Plus per serving


We made this recipe over the weekend to take home for Thanksgiving and it was AMAZING!!! Normally pumpkin bread ranges from 8-10 Points Plus, so this recipe allows you to have that great pumpkin bread without feeling like you've killed your day.

The Cure for my Pumpkin Addiction

Earlier this week, we were at our favorite frozen yogurt shop, and they had non-fat pumpkin frozen yogurt. It was to die for!! On the way over I was trying to figure out when I could fit in the pumpkin pie shake at Sonic and this frozen yogurt made me forget all about it. I could probably have this flavor three more times and not even come close to how bad that shake would be. Full sugar, non-fat frozen yogurt is only 1 Points Plus per ounce, so it's a perfect snack. I also topped it off with some graham cracker crumbs to make it like pie. Andy wasn't convinced that it was non-fat because it tasted sooooo good. He was thinking of having it tested like they did in an episode of Seinfeld and found out that it wasn't non-fat, so when they busted the shop and they made it non-fat, it was terrible. That makes me think about how far non-fat and low-fat has come over the years. I remember eating Snack Wells cookies as a kid and how terrible they were. Now most people can't tell the difference if they're eating something light unless they're told.