Pumpkin Nut Bread

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 4 eggs
• 1 can (14-1/2 oz.) pumpkin
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
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• 1 tsp. ground cloves
• 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2-3/4 cups flour
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Directions

Melt butter. Add eggs and pumpkin. Beat thoroughly. Add sugars, baking soda, baking powder, and spices. Beat thoroughly until all lumps are removed. Add flour. Beat thoroughly. Add nuts and mix into batter.

Spoon into 2 greased bread pans. Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees F. Test with toothpick to make sure loaves are ready to remove from the oven. place on racks to cool. When cool, slice and serve with a scoop of ice cream. Wrap 2nd loaf in foil or large freezer bag and freeze until ready to serve another time.

By Connie from Cotter, AR