Brandied Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

• 3 cups bread flour
• 2 1/4 teaspoons bread machine yeast
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 3/4 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons brandy

Directions

Combine flour, yeast, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, salt, butter, pumpkin puree, water, and brandy in the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.

Select the Sweet or Basic/White cycle using the Light crust setting and start the machine. (To make the bread without a bread machine, see Editor's Note. )

When the bread is done baking, remove it from the pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.