Down East Maine Pumpkin Bread

Here is a great recipe for the Autumn season! Enjoy toasted with apple butter or just by itself! Yum!


  Ingredients

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  Down East Maine Pumpkin Bread

  1(15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
  
•  4 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2/3 cup water
• 3 cups white sugar
• 3 1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

·       Directions

 

1.     Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.

 

2.     In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.

 

3.     Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Original recipe makes 3 - 7x3 inch loaf pans.

Enjoy! - Jean
Receipe from Allrecipes.com