Pumpkin Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1 c. corn oil
4 eggs, well beaten
1 (No. 2) can pumpkin (2 c.)
3 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. chopped pecans or 1 c. white raisins (optional)

Preparation

Cream sugar and oil well.
Add eggs; beat vigorously.
Add pumpkin and stir.
Mix dry ingredients together and add to first mixture, stirring well after each addition.
May add 1 cup chopped pecans and 1 cup white raisins, if desired.
Fresh pumpkin may be substituted for canned.
Put in greased and floured 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
Bake for 1 hour at 350\u00b0.
Yields 1 loaf.