Brother Boniface's Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon double-acting baking powder 
• 2 teaspoons baking soda 
• 15 ounce pumpkin canned
• 4 large eggs 
• 4 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 teaspoon ground allspice 
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 0.3 teaspoon ground ginger 
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 
• 1 cup pecans chopped
• 1.5 teaspoons salt 
• 3 cups sugar 
• 1 cup vegetable oil 
• 0.7 cup water 

Equipment

• oven
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Beat first 14 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in pecans. Spoon evenly into 2 greased and floured 9- x 5-inch loafpans.
2. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.