Pumpkin Bread

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 350°.
2. 2
   Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking powder.
3. 3
   Combine pumpkin, oil and eggs and add pumpkin mixture to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.
4. 4
   Mixture should be lumpy.
5. 5
   Do not overmix as this will cause bread to be coarse and tough.
6. 6
   Pour batter into two greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
7. 7
   Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick put in center of loaf comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes.
8. 8
   Remove and cool completely on racks. When cool, wrap each loaf and store at room temperature.