Pumpkin Bread

This makes a great gift for friends and neighbors. The spices in this bread makes it hard to eat just 1 piece.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 8-10
• Yields: 3 Loaves

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 4  eggs
• 1  cup  vegetable oil
• 2⁄3 cup water
• 3  cups white sugar
• 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2  teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon allspice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1  cup  nuts (I use pecans)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour 3 7x3” loaf pans.
3. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended.
4. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.
5. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended.
6. Pour into the prepared pans.
7. I sprinkle the top with raw sugar and more med pieces of nuts.
8. Bake for about 60 minutes.
9. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.