Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

What You'll Need

• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• one teaspoon ground cinnamon
• one teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• one (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• foor eggs
• one cup vegetable oil
• 2/3 cup water
• three cups white sugar
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• tow teaspoons baking soda

How to Make It

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
3. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended.
4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.
5. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended.
6. Pour into the prepared pans.
7. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven.
8. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.