Nonny's Famous Pumpkin Bread

I have wonderful memories of my mother's cooking wafting into my room in the wee hours of the morning. She's be up very late and very early making sure that holiday memories were made. This is an Evans family favorite and I've finally learned from my Mom the art of making this tasty bread and recreating this beautiful aroma and memory in my home and for my family.

This pumpkin bread has already made two appearances at our house this past week. Once as muffins for breakfast and once as loaves to share at Thanksgiving. I love the sound of my littles asking for "Punkin Bed" :)

2 cups Pumpkin (1 15oz can will do)

1 cup oil (I have been using vegetable)

3 cups of sugar (gotta find a substitute)

4 eggs

3 1/4 c flour (I have substituted freshly ground wheat for white and it works wonderfully)

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp clove powder

1 tsp nutmeg

2 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

Stir dry ingredients together. Then, mix pumpkin, oil, sugar, and beaten eggs in another bowl. Add wet to dry and stir. This will make about 2 dozen muffins or 2 loaves.

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes for muffins and 45 minutes for loaves. I think that it really takes more time than this but this is what I set my timer for before I start sticking the bread with a toothpick checking for doneness. One of these days I'll figure out exactly how long this takes in my oven :)