Autumn Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups solid pack pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
• 1 cup oil
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar (optional)
• 1 teaspoon orange zest (optional)
• 6 teaspoons orange juice (optional)
• chopped walnuts, for decorating (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f and spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray.
• 2 mix together the first 7 dry ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer; add pumpkin, oil, sugar and eggs. mix well.
• 3 add dry ingredients, mix well.
• 4 mix in nuts and raisins by hand.
• 5 pour the mixture into prepared loaf pans and bake 50-55 minutes until done. cool on wire rack for 15 minutes, remove from pans to wire rack and cool completely.
• 6 if glazing, mix glaze ingredients together with a spoon and drizzle over loaves; top with walnuts.