JANICE'S PUMPKIN BREAD

For Christmas, Friend Janice gave us a loaf of Pumpkin Bread. She told me it was an old recipe that she hadn't made in years. For some reason she decided to make it this year. I am so glad she did since she made us a recipient of one of the loaves this year.

This bread is so moist and light tasting. I'm sure you have eaten pumpkin bread that was heavy and dry. Trust me this recipe is not one of those. The recipe makes two large loaves or 7 mini loaves...an excellent recipe to make for gifts around Christmas.

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PUMPKIN'S BREAD (Janice's)

3        cups sugar
1        cup salad oil
4        eggs, beaten
1        can (16 ounces) pumpkin
2/3     cup water
3-1/2  cups flour
2        teaspoons soda
1        teaspoon salt
1        teaspoon baking powder
1        teaspoon nutmeg
1        teaspoon allspice
1        teaspoon cinnamon
1/2     teaspoon cloves
1/8     teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9 x 5 - inch loaf pans or seven mini loaf pans.

Cream sugar and oil together.

Add the eggs and pumpkin; mix well.

Sift together the dry ingredients.

Add the dry ingredients alternating with the water.

Pour into pans and bake for 1-1/2 hours for large loaf pans or 25 minutes for mini loaf pans.

Let stand 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks. Loaves may be frozen.