Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups solid pack pumpkin (not pie filling)
• 1 cup oil
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 6 teaspoons orange juice
• additional nuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*.
• 2 spray two loaf pans with no stick spray.
• 3 in a med.
• 4 bowl combine 1st 7 ingredients, set a side.
• 5 in a large bowl mix pumkin, oil, eggs, and sugar.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 add dry ingredients and mix well.
• 8 by hand stir in nuts and raisins.
• 9 divide batter between two loaf pans.
• 10 bake for 50-55 min.
• 11 cool for 15 min.
• 12 remove from pans cool on wire rack.
• 13 orange glaze: combine sugar, orange peel and juice in a small bowl.
• 14 stir with spoon.
• 15 spoon over top off cooled loaves letting excess run down sides.
• 16 sprinkle with nuts and orange peel.