Recipes

[RedTop]

Old baking powder would account for the bread not rising.  Dryness is usually due to the ratio of wet to dry ingredients.  Tasteless is likely related to spice blend.  Dryness, hard as a brick is over baking/oven temperature related.  

[LdyBugz]

How about using the old standby recipe from Libby's?  They also have a few amped up versions under their recipe section for quick breads.  I've used their traditional recipe and it's fine.  

[homedecor1]

@Nightowlz 

Well I realized what I did wrong ... I baked it too long and maybe my baking powder was the cause of it not rising.  I used 1 can of Libby pumpkin 15 oz. 

I also used a larger loaf pan ... either way I'm a pumpkin bread "failure" Lol  

Your recipe was fine it was the baker😉🤦‍♀️

(I decided to forgo making it for our gathering -- I'm going to stick to what I know so most likely will make carrot cake bars)

[Desertdi]

Could be your stove...or even the weather...

[ECBG]

@homedecor1 

So sorry.  Always remember to sift flour.

I've seen recipes on youtube when the flour wasn't sifted.  Hard to tell what measurement you have!

[River Song]

@homedecor1 

Out of curiosity, I compared the recipe you used to the pumpkin bread recipe in my Betty Crocker cookbook.  

In my cookbook, it is 1-2/3 C. sugar not 2-2/3 C. sugar;  3 C. flour, not 3-1/3 C. flour; and no water.  Plus, 2 t. vanilla, there was no vanilla in the recipe you used.  Also, the recipe is for two 8" loaf pans or ONE 9" loaf pan.

HTH