Mrs. Claus' Christmas & Holiday Breads - Recipe for The Best Pumpkin Bread

The Best Pumpkin Bread

Makes 2 loaves

Ingredients

2 cups of canned pumpkin
3 cups of sugar
1 cup water
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
3 1/3 cups of all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons of baking soda
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon of ground cloves

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Grease 2 9x5 inch loaf pans and dust with flour.

  3. In a large mixing bowl, combine the pumpkin, sugar, water, vegetable oil, and eggs. Beat until well mixed.

  4. Mix the rest of the ingredients into a separate bowl. Stir until combined.

  5. Slowly add the dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture, beat until smooth.

  6. Evenly divide the batter between the two pans.

  7. Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

  8. Cool for 10-15 minutes.

  9. Remove bread from pans by inverting them onto a rack and tapping the bottoms.


Enjoy plain, buttered, or with cream cheese.