Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread Recipe is a Spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves, the bread improves with age, so plan to make it a day ahead if possible.

Ingredients:

1 cup vegetable oil

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

2/3 cup water

2 teaspoons baking soda

3 cups white sugar

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

4 eggs

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.

In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.

Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.

Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven.

Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.