Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sift together 1st six ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, milk and eggs. Add dry ingredients and butter, mixing until just moistened. Stir in nuts. Spoon into well greased 9x5 inch loaf pan. Bake for 65 minutes or until bread tests done. Cool 10 minutes before removing from baking pan. Makes 1 loaf. (to make 2 loaves use 1 lb. of canned pumpkin and double rest of ingredients.

By Terri