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Jennifer Garner

We love Jennifer Garner’s #PretendCookingShow series on Instagram, and the newest edition showcases an incredibly delicious dessert just in time for gift giving.

In the video, Garner guts three small pumpkins and cuts them in half, lining the halves up on a baking sheet to put in the oven. After the oven, she scoops one of the warm pumpkins into the food processor to make a smooth homemade pumpkin puree.

Whisking together all-purpose flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt and ginger in a separate bowl, she sets that to the side to put the rest of the ingredients into the KitchenAid 2022 Holiday Stand Mixer, a gorgeous matte color that she describes as “oat milk, pumpkin spice latte.” She adds the pumpkin puree, sugar, eggs and safflower oil in the mixer bowl and starts it up. Once combined, she then adds in the dry ingredient mixture and lets the mixer run until the batter is even.

“This recipe is toddler-proof. It’s little boy-proof. Anyone can make it. You cannot screw it up,” Garner says in the video before putting the batter into three mini loaf pans to place in the oven at 350℉ for 45 minutes.

After the three loaves are out of the oven and cooled, Garner wraps them up with cloth and string to prepare them for giving away.

You can try theDowneast Maine Pumpkin Breadrecipe from Allrecipes that Garner uses (and cut in half) in the video, or you can try one of ourhealthy pumpkin bread recipesthis holiday season. Our highly-ratedPumpkin Spice BreadandChocolate-Swirled Pumpkin Loaf Breadwill make perfect gifts for your friends and family.

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