There's nothing like a slice of rich and moist pumpkin loaf. This recipe for pumpkin loaf makes two good-sized loves: one for eating and one for freezing!

Pumpkin Loaf Recipe

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 2 cups pumpkin
• 3 eggs

Combine oil, sugar and eggs in a large bowl. Stir in pumpkin and blend ingredients.

Add:

• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. ground cloves
• 1 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. cinnamon

Stir into wet ingredients.

• Add 3 cups of flour and stir with a wooden spoon until well blended.
• Add 1 cup chopped walnuts.

Grease and flour pans.

Place mixture into 2 large loaf pans or 3 smaller loaf pans.

Bake pumpkin loaves for 1/2 hour at 350 degrees. Reduce heat and continue baking until centers are cooked. Cool in pan before removing.

These pumpkin loaves have a nice even texture and lots of flavor. Pumkin loaf is wonderfully moist and spicy.

These pumpkin loaves are good as is--or you can ice them, using either butter or cream cheese icing.

If you choose to ice pumpkin loaves, sprinkle chopped walnuts on icing.

Pumpkin loaf goes especially well served with bowls of vanilla ice cream