Pumpkin Bread

This post is for Scribbit's Winter Bazaar...even though today is Halloween I opted to do a more Autumn themed recipe. Pumpkin Bread is a great dessert bread, and would be a great thing to bring to a Halloween get together...

Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Bread
Yield: 3 loaves
3 c Sugar
3 1/2 c Flour
1/2 t Salt
2 t Baking soda
1 t Cinnamon
1 t Nutmeg
4 lg Eggs
1 c Vegetable oil
2 c Pumpkin (cooked)
2/3 c Water
1 1/2 c Walnuts, chopped (optional)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter your containers well. Sift the dry ingredients together into a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and add the eggs, oil, pumpkin and water. Beat thoroughly. It's easier to get all the lumps out if you use an electric mixer. Stir in the walnuts with a wooden spoon if you decide you want nuts in the bread. Pour the batter into the containers, filling each only half to two-thirds full. Bake for 60 minutes, for regular loaves, or 15 to 20 if you are making muffins. I usually make two loaves and a dozen or so muffins with this recipe. The bread is done when a toothpick in the middle comes out clean. Cool about ten minutes, then loosen the edges of the bread with a knife, and turn out of the pans to cool the rest of the way on a rack.