Ye Olde Tavern Life

“All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.” Thomas Wolfe

Spiced Pumpkin Bread

2 cups canned pumpkin

3 cups sugar

1 cups water

1 cups canola oil

4 eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla

3 1/3 cup flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons cinnamon

3/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1 teaspoon nutmeg

Combine pumpkin, sugar, water, oil, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl; beat until well mixed. Set aside. Stir together remaining ingredients in another bowl; slowly add to pumpkin mixture, beating until smooth. Butter and flour 2 loaf pans, 9x5. Divide batter between pans. Bake at 350 for 60 minutes, until toothpick tests clean. Let cool in pans.