Spiced Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 (16 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350. Grease two 9x5 loaf pans, line bottom with wax paper or parchment paper and then grease the paper too.

2. 2

   Stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and salt in a medium bowl, set aside.

3. 3

   Beat sugar and oil in large bowl until blended. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until well blended, then beat in the pumpkin.

4. 4

   Add the flour mixture and stir until just blended. Fold in the nuts. Pour the batter into the prepared pans.

5. 5

   Bake for about 70 minutes until toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean.

6. 6

   Cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely. Remove the wax paper before serving.