everyday december #3

Perfect Everytime Pumpkin Bread

3 1/3 Cups flour

4 teaspoons Cinnamon

2 teaspoons Baking Soda

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

1 1/2 teaspoons Salt

2 2/3 Cups Sugar

2/3 Cup Vegetable Oil

4 Eggs

15 oz Pumpkin fresh or canned (unsweetened) 

2/3 Cup Water

1/2 Cup nuts (optional)

1 Cup dried Cranberries (optional)

Sift dry ingredients together. Beat sugar, oil, add eggs 1 at a time until blended.  Add pumpkin then mix.  Add dry ingredients to the wet, a little at a time alternating with the water.  Stir in nuts or cranberries.  Cover the bottom of 2 loaf pans with a rectangle of parchment paper, then pour the batter into the pans.  You can mix a little cinnamon/sugar and sprinkle over the top before baking.  

Bake in 325 oven for 55-60 minutes, check for doneness.  

Cool at least 15 minutes before removing from pans.

Perfect everytime.

 But, be careful - - -  this is not diet food.  

=)