Farmer Johns Favorite Pumpkin Bread

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

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup cranberries, halved (optional) or 1/2 cup raisins (optional)
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 1/4 teaspoons nutmeg
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon clove
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 3 large eggs
• 1 (16 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin
• 3/4 cup oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 in a large bowl mix together flour,brown sugar,sugar,cranberries or raisins if desired,nuts,soda,cinnamon,nutmeg,salt,cloves,allspice and ginger.
• 3 in a seperate bowl mix together eggs,pumpkin and oil until blended.
• 4 add wet ingredients to flour mixture and mix just until blended.
• 5 divide mixture equally into two greased and floured 8x4 in loaf pans.
• 6 bake 50 to 60 minutes or until bread pulls from sides of pans or wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean.
• 7 cool bread in pans on wire rack 15 minutes then invert onto rack and let cool thoroughly.
• 8 note: this bread tastes even better after it sits a few days.