Easy #Pumpkin #Spice #Bread #Recipe!

Hey Everyone!! :-)

Now that Fall is getting closer, it's time for all things pumpkin-flavored. Wouldn't you agree? ;-) Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1 15oz can pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
3 cups flour (all-purpose or whole wheat)
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
4 eggs
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup rum or brandy (optional)
1/2 cup walnuts chopped
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
1 2/3 cups sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp powdered ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg

Soak the raisins in the brandy or rum overnight (optional). Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease the bottoms of two 9x5 loaf pans. In a bowl, mix the pumpkin, sugar, oil, vanilla, and eggs. In a separate bowl, mix the remaining ingredients except for the nuts and raisins. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix together. Add the raisins and nuts to the batter and stir until evenly distributed.

Pour the batter into the pans and for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean. Cool the bread for 10 minutes in the pans. Loosen the sides of the bread from the pans with a butter knife, remove the bread from the pans, and place them top side up on a wire rack. Cool the bread completely before slicing. Serve as-is or toasted with butter.

Bon appetit!