Pumpkin Nut Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine, softened
3 c. sugar
3 eggs
3 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 (16 oz.) can pumpkin *
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. raisins
1 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Combine next 7 ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin. Stir in vanilla, raisins and pecans.
Spoon into 4 greased and floured loaf pans, medium size.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pans 10 minutes.
remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.
May be frozen.