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When it comes to America’s second largest crop, soybean farmers have reduced energy usage by 42% since 1980. Investing in sustainable agriculture and sustainable crops like soy helps American farmers reach sustainability goals like this one.
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Reduce
soil erosion
25
%
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energy use efficiency
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%
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total greenhouse gas emissions
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%
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land use impact
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%
Try out U.S. Soy recipes at home:
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Prep Time:
10 minutes
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Cook Time:
60 minutes
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Total Time:
70 minutes
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Makes:
2 loaves
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf
Ingredients
Developed by: Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito
- AP flour : 480g
- Cinnamon: 2 teaspoons
- Nutmeg: ½ teaspoon
- Ground allspice: 2g
- Ground ginger: 2g
- Baking soda: 2 teaspoons
- Salt: 1 ½ teaspoons
- Pumpkin puree: 444g
- Soybean oil (commonly labelled as vegetable oil): 1 cup
- Sugar: 635g
- Eggs: 4
- Vanilla: 1 teaspoon
- Water: 2/3 cup
- Chocolate chips: 260g
Instructions for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, baking soda and salt. Add the chocolate chips and set aside.
- In a mixer with paddle attachment, mix the puree, soybean oil and sugar together until fully incorporated. Add the eggs, one at a time, along with the vanilla until fully incorporated. Add the water and mix well.
- Slowly add the dry to the wet. Do not overmix. There should be trace amounts of flour.
- Scoop/distribute the mixture evenly into two greased loaf pans.
- Bake at 325°F for 50-60 minutes until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove and let cool before removing from pan. Let cool completely before slicing or wrapping.
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