Pumpkin Bread

Cathy's Recipe

"I usually put in a cup of chopped nuts, either walnuts or pecans, before pouring into the prepared pan." Bake as stated.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ground cloves
• 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup veg. oil
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten
• 2 cups solid-pack pumpkin puree (not pie filling)

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Directions:

• Heat oven to 350
• Grease and flour 10 inch tube or bundt pan
• Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt into large bowl
• Make well in center; pour in oil and eggs
• Beat on low speed until well blended
• Add pumpkin continue beating until completely mixed in
• Turn batter into prepared pan
• Bake for 1 hour at 350°F, or until the top springs back when lightly pressed with a fingertip or wooden pick inserted into the center comes clean
• Cool cake in pan on wire rack 15 minutes
• Turn out onto wire rack; invert, Cool