Spiced Pumpkin Bread
Instructions:
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon soda
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups flour, sifted
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 4 or 5 wide mouth pint canning jars (with lids and rings).
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.
- Combine pumpkin, sugar, milk and eggs in large bowl.
- Add dry ingredients and butter; mix until well blended. Stir in nuts.
- Pour into greased jars, filling each only 1/2 full of batter.
- Clean sealing edges of jars.
- Bake for about 45 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Scald lids and keep in water until used.
- When bread is done, remove jars, clean sealing edge again, place lids on jars and screw rings on firmly.
- As bread cools, jars will seal.
- Store sealed jars in refrigerator.
- Makes 4 or 5 jars or 1 loaf.
- Enjoy Spiced Pumpkin Bread in a Jar!