Autumn Pumpkin Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups solid pack pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
1 cup oil
3 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup raisins
glaze
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar (optional)
1 teaspoon orange zest (optional)
6 teaspoons orange juice (optional)
chopped walnuts, for decorating (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F and spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray.
Mix together the first 7 dry ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer; add pumpkin, oil, sugar and eggs. Mix well.
Add dry ingredients, mix well.
Mix in nuts and raisins by hand.
Pour the mixture into prepared loaf pans and bake 50-55 minutes until done. Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes, remove from pans to wire rack and cool completely.
If glazing, mix glaze ingredients together with a spoon and drizzle over loaves; top with walnuts.