Spiced Pumpkin Bread
Submitted by Sue Lowes on Feb 11, 2010

Nice dessert or snack bread

Servings:
10

Complexity:   
Easy

Total Time:
1&1/2 hours

Ingredients:
3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
16 oz can solid pack pumpkin
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp ground cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat two standard loaf pans with flour-infused cooking spray. In large bowl, combine the sugar and oil and beat to blend. Add the eggs and pumpkin and mix well. Set aside.

Over a large bowl, sift the flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Add to the pumpkin mixture in two batches, mixing well between them. Mix in walnuts, if desired.

Divide batter equally between the prepared pans. Bake until a tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Transfer to racks and cool 10 minutes in the pans. Using sharp knife, cut around edge of loaves. Turn loaves out onto racks and cool completely.