Pumpkin Bread
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INGREDIENTS
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
  • 16 ounces solid pack pumpkin
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Chocolate chips, optional
  • Chopped pecans, optional
DIRECTIONS
  1. In a mixing bowl, combine butter and sugar.
  2. Add eggs; mix well.
  3. Combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture until moistened.
  4. Add vanilla and pumpkin.
  5. Stir in chocolate chips or pecans, if desired.
  6. Pour into two greased 9-by-3 inch loaf pans.
  7. Bake at 350 degrees for an hour or until bread tests done.