Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 40 minutes minutes
 
Servings: 8 slices
- 1½ Cups all-purpose flour
 - 1½ tsp ground cinnamon
 - 1 tsp ground ginger
 - 1 tsp baking soda
 - ½ tsp ground nutmeg
 - ¼ tsp baking powder
 - ¼ tsp ground gloves
 - ¼ tsp fine sea salt
 - 1 Cup pumpkin puree
 - ⅓ Cup buttermilk
 - 2 large eggs room temperature
 - 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
 - 1 stick unsalted butter softened
 - 1 Cup granulated sugar
 - ⅓ Cup brown sugar dark brown preferred
 - ½ Cup pecans or walnuts chopped
 - ⅓ Cup dried cranberries
 
 
Heat oven to 300°F.  Butter and flour loaf pan.
Whisk flour, spices, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
Which pumpkin puree, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla in a medium bowl.
Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until fluffy (about 3 minutes).  Beat in pumpkin mixture.
On low speed, beat in flour mixture until just combined.  Stir in nuts and cranberries.
Spread batter into pan; smooth top with spatula.  Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of sugar.
Bake until toothpick in the center comes out clean, about 80 minutes.