Spiced Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 (16 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 butter and flour two 9x5x3" loaf pans.
• 3 beat sugar and oil in large bowl to blend.
• 4 mix in eggs and pumpkin.
• 5 sift flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, salt and baking powder into another large bowl.
• 6 stir into pumpkin mixture in 2 addtions.
• 7 mix in walnuts, if desired.
• 8 divide batter equally between prepared pans.
• 9 bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• 10 transfer to racks and cool 10 minutes.
• 11 using sharp knife, cut around edge of loaves.
• 12 turn loaves out onto racks and cool completely.
• 13 makes 2 loaves.