Sweet Pumpkin Beer Bread

Ingredients

Pumpkin Beer Bread

~ 3 cups AP Flour

~ 2 tsp Baking Powder

~ Pinch of Salt

~ 1/2 cup Pumpkin Puree

~ 3 Tbsp Honey

~ 1 tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice

~ 1 bottle Pumpkin Beer, room temp

For Candied Walnut Topping:

~ 1 cup Walnut, chopped

~ 1/4 c. Water

~ 1/4 c. Sugar

~ 1/3 tsp Pumpkin Pie spice

Preparation

In a small sauce, make a simple syrup of water and sugar until it starts to bubble. Whisk in the pumpkin spice and toss in the nuts. After turning the heat down to medium, the whole kit and caboodle was whisked into candy covered oblivion. Allow the bubbling to continue until a thick syrup forms, and just as the final moisture evaporates you know you're done! Turn them all out onto a piece of parchment lined on a baking sheet and allow to cool. ]

For the Bread:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and Pumpkin Pie Spice. In a small bowl, whisk together the pumpkin and honey. Then, into the flour mixture goes the pumpkin and your whole bottle of beer. Once you fold it all together, and it's all just moistened dump it all into a 9x5 inch sprayed loaf pan.

Add a few pats of butter to the top and your candied walnuts and your'e ready to go! Bake for 35 minutes on the middle rack, and then here's the most important part...

After that first 35 is done - add more butter.

Bake another 25 minutes, or until your toothpick comes out clean.

Allow to cool on a rack, turned out of the pan after 10 minutes of cooling. Slice and serve.