Old Fashioned Pumpkin Bread

This is a recipe that has been passed down through the generations.  It is as good now as it was then. This pumpkin bread is moist, tender with just the right amount of sweetness. The aroma that fills your house as this bread bakes in the oven is enough to whet appetites and bring your family together.

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
3 1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/4 tsp. ginger
1 c. chopped pecans
1 c. salad oil
4 eggs, beaten
2 c. pumpkin or 16 to 17 oz. can

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease and flour two 8-inch bread pans or 1 angel food cake pan.

In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg together, pumpkin pie spice, cloves, and ginger.

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. 

Add nuts, salad oil, eggs, and pumpkin into the well. Mix thoroughly.  Pour into prepared loaf pans.

Bake for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Cool about 5 minutes, then invert the loaf pans onto a wire rack.  Serve warm or cold. Store in an airtight container when the loaves are completely cool.