Amy's Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup applesauce (original recipe called for oil here. same amt)
• 4 eggs
• 2 cups canned pumpkin
• 2/3 cup water
• 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
• 3 mix sugar and applesauce (or oil) with mixer.
• 4 add eggs and blend.
• 5 add pumpkin and blend.
• 6 add water and blend.
• 7 combine remaining ingred. in seperate bowl and add gradually.
• 8 fill pans equally and bake for 1 hour or until brown.
• 9 variations:
• 10 you may omit the nuts all together.
• 11 glaze them or put icing on top after they have cooled.
• 12 you may add nuts to the batter & use a stressal-type topping (added before baking to give them a nicer appearance and more of a crunch.
• 13 (i've tried all varieties and they were all a hit).