Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups pumpkin puree (which is the large 29 oz can, use it all)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 2/3 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus
• baking powder
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f grease and flour two 9x5 inch loaf pans.**.
• 2 in a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, oil, sugar, and eggs.
• 3 combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; stir into the pumpkin mixture until well blended.
• 4 divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
• 5 bake in preheated oven for 55 mins to 60 mins (1 hour). the top of the loaf.
• 6 should spring back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted in the middle should come out clean.
• 7 **note** i use silicone loaf pans which i highly recommend. i still spray them with pam because i'm paranoid but everything i bake falls right out of the pan. i've been using them since 2006 when i got my first silicone bundt pan and it worked so well that i threw away all my other baking pans and bought all silicone--including the mats to bake cookies on. i can't recommend them highly enough--they totally rock!