Pumpkin Bread

By gilligan1963

Ingredients

• 2 cups pumpkin puree
• 3 1/3 cups sifted all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• large pinch of ground cloves
• 2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/3 cup dry sherry
• 2/3 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two loaf pans.

Sift flour. baking powder, salt baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves into a large bowl.

Beat butter in a large bowl until creamy. Gradually add sugar continue beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 2 cups pumpkin puree and the sherry.

Fold sifted ingredients into batter, scraping bottom and sides of bowl occasionally; fold in walnuts.

Divide batter evenly between prepared loaf pans. Bake until wooden pick inserted in center of bread comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool completely on wire racks before removing from pans.