Recipe of the Week — Pumpkin Bread

Now that you’ve cooked down that Halloween Pumpkin it’s time to make some goodies!  

Last week’s instructions for cooking down pumpkin: HERE

Okay — let’s make some Pumpkin bread!

Ingredients:

3 cups sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs (mix well then add)

2 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon allspice

1 teaspoon cinnamon (mix well then add)

3-1/2 cups flour

2/3 cup water

2 cups cooked pumpkin   (or 1 can (16 oz.) pumpkin  (mix well then add)

3/4 cups raisins

1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

Directions for Baking:

Preheat oven 350 degrees.

Spray each pan you will use with Pam.

You can use 3 to 4 loaf pans OR  9 to 10 small aluminum throw-away pans.

Bake for about 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.

Let cool then gently remove from pan.

Marty Williams, our resident chef, Thousand Oaks

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