Ingredients

  • 3 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 c. sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 3/4 tsp. ground cloves
  • 1/2 tsp. double-acting baking powder
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin
  • 1 c. salad oil
  • 1 c. golden or dark seedless raisins
  • 1/2 c. walnuts, chopped

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Grease two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pans. In a large bowl with fork, mix first 8 ingredients.
  • In a medium bowl with fork, beat eggs, pumpkin and salad oil until blended. Stir pumpkin mixture into flour mixture just until flour is moistened. Gently stir in raisins and walnuts.
  • Spoon batter evenly into loaf pans.
  • Bake bread 1 hour and 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool bread in pans on wire rack 10 minutes; remove bread from pans. Cool on rack. Makes 2 loaves.