Pumpkin Bread

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

Ingredients

• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon light-brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil, melted butter or margarine
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon black walnut extract
• 1 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin
• 1 cup walnut pieces, chopped coarsely

Recipe

• 1 mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
• 2 beat sugars, oil, eggs and extract in a large bowl with a wooden spoon until well blended.
• 3 add flour mixture alternately with pumpkin in 3 additions, blending well after each.
• 4 stir in nuts.
• 5 spoon evenly into 2 lightly greased and floured 1-pound coffee cans, filling them half full.
• 6 bake at 359°f 50-60 minutes until pick inserted in center of breads comes out clean.
• 7 cool in cans on rack 10 minutes.
• 8 run a thin knife around edges and turn out bread to cool on rack.