Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1 cup pumpkin (canned)
• 1/2 cup salad oil
• 2 eggs (unbeaten)
• 2 cup flour (sifted)
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1/2 tsp. each: salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. ginger
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup nuts
• 1/4 cup water

Directions

Combine sugars, pumpkin, oil, and eggs. Beat until well blended. Sift together flour, soda, and spices; add and mix well. Stir in raisins, nuts, and water. Spoon into well oiled 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 65-75 minutes. Turn out on rack to cool thoroughly. Frost if desired. Makes 2 loves when using 2 small loaf pans.

By Robin

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

Sift flour with soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add remaining ingredients, mixing well throughout.

Cream sugar and oil together. Add eggs and pumpkin; mix well. Sift all dry ingredients and add alternating with the water, mixing well after each addition.

Sift dry ingredients into large bowl. Add water, eggs, pumpkin, oil, raisins and pecans. Stir well. Grease and flour 3 or 4 coffee cans (1lb. size).

Beat together sugar, oil, eggs and squash or pumpkin. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Pour into greased and lined loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45-50 minutes.

Grease 3 1-pound coffee cans and fill 1/2 full with the mixture. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F for one hour or until a toothpick comes clean when inserted to test.

Cream 1 cup butter and sugar together in bowl. Beat in 4 eggs and pumpkin. Sift next 5 dry ingredients into batter, mixing well.

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl with electric mixer. pour into 3 greased and floured loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45-60 minutes or until the bread tests done.

Combine sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cloves, cinnamon, salad oil, water, pumpkin and eggs. Mix 3 minutes; fold in nuts.