Pumpkin-oatmeal Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups pumpkin puree, fresh if possible
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. grease the bottoms of 2 loaf pans (8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2).
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, combine all of the dry ingredients, except the sugar.
• 3 in a smaller bowl, combine sugar and all of the wet ingredients. mix well until sugar is dissolved.
• 4 pour wet mixture into dry mixture. stir to combine, but don't over mix.
• 5 pour into prepared loaf pans.
• 6 bake 45-55 minutes, or until a test pick comes out clean.
• 7 cool in pans 5 minutes on cooling rack. then, remove from pans and cool completely -- if it lasts that long!