Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2/3 cup water
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 1/2 cups all-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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
• 3 in a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended.
• 4 in a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.
• 5 stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended.
• 6 pour into the prepared pans.
• 7 bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven.
• 8 loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.