Perfect Pumpkin Spice Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon peel (zested)
• 1 (29 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup milk
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup olive oil (can sub vegetable or canola oil)
• 1 cup walnuts (finely chopped) (optional)
• 1 cup raisins (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven 350°f.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• 3 in another bowl combine brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, ginger, pumpkin puree, milk, eggs, and oil mix thoroughly, then combine dry mix half at a time (add walnuts and raisins at this time, mix will be thick paste like.
• 4 pour batter in to two greased 9x5x3 loaf pans. bake at 350°f for 65 to 70 min or till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 5 cool for 10 to 15 min on wire rack, remove from pans and thoroughly cool on wire rack. wrap and store overnight before slicing.