Tennessee Pumpkin Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 2/3 c. sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/3 c. shortening
1 1/3 c. sugar (you can combine different sugars)
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 c. canned pumpkin
1/3 c. water
1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Preparation

Grease a regular loaf pan or 4 small mini pans.
Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
In a medium bowl cream shortening, sugar and vanilla.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Stir in pumpkin. Stir in dry ingredients in 4 additions alternately with water (3 additions) just until smooth.
Do not overbeat.
Fold in nuts. Turn batter into prepared pans.
Bake in a preheated 350\u00b0 oven until cake tester comes out clean 45 to 55 minutes or 30 to 40 minutes.
Turn out on a wire rack, right side up.
Store, tightly covered.