This easy, delicious bread has been a favorite in my household for many years. It is a recipe from Wilson Farms in Lexington, Massachusetts. This bread can be a welcome gift, a family treat, or an interesting addition to your bread basket at dinner. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine softened
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup cooked, mashed pumpkin or winter squash
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 3/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. cloves
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- 1/2 cup seedless raisins (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Grease a 9×5 loaf pan.
- Cream the butter and sugar and beat in the eggs with an electric mixer.
- Beat in the pumpkin and water until smooth.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves together.
- Beat the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture.
- Stir in the walnuts and raisins into the batter.
- Place mixture in the prepared pan and bake for approximately one hour.
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