Categories: Thanksgiving, bread

Ingredients

• 3 cups canned pumpkin puree
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 3 cups white sugar
• 6 eggs
• 4 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
• powdered sugar
• orange juice

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. Grease and flour three 9×5 inch loaf pans.

3. In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, oil, sugar, and eggs.

4. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves; stir into the pumpkin mixture until well blended.

5. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.

6. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour. The top of the loaf should spring back when lightly pressed.

7. For an extra treat, make frosting out of powdered sugar and orange juice and lightly glaze the bread.

8. Variations: Add raisins, mini chocolate chips, pecans, or walnuts.

9. Variation: Use a 28 oz can of pumpkin, it’s slightly more than the recipe calls for, but then you don’t have extra pumpkin sitting around.

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