Great Pumpkin Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup vegetable oil, plus
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 (16 ounce) can pumpkin
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon clove
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts (optional)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Grease or spray with non-stick cooking spray; 2 9x5x3 inch loaf pans.
Blend together oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
Add pumpkin and mix until smooth.
Mix dry ingredients together, in a separate bowl.
Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and combine until incorporated.
Add chopped nuts last (if using).
Divide mixture between the two loaf pans.
Bake for approximately 1 hour or until loaves test done.