New England Pumpkin Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup canola oil or 2/3 cup safflower oil
1 (16 ounce) can pumpkin
4 eggs
3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2/3 cup milk
2/3 2/3 cup raisins or 2/3 cup craisins
2/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Mix sugar, oil, and pumpkin by hand. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Sift dry ingredients together. Mix into pumpkin mixture, alternating with milk. Add cranberries and walnuts to batter. Spread into greased loaf pans.
Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes (check after 1 hour, if using 3 small loaf pans.) Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pans.