Purfect Pumpkin Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
4 eggs, separated
2 cups pumpkin, canned
1/3 cup milk
1/3 cup water
3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
1 teaspoon flax seed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup pecans (optional) or 2/3 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
2/3 cup dried cranberries (optional) or 2/3 cup raisins (optional)

Preparation

*Cream together oil & sugars at medium speed with an electric hand mixer.
*Add egg yolks - one at a time, beating after each addition.
*Stir in canned pumpkin, water, & milk.
*Combine flour & the next 5 ingredients in a separate mixing bowl, and add to the creamed mixture, a little at a time - mixing well.
*Add in Vanilla and the flax seed, - blend.
*Meanwhile, beat the egg whites with hand mixer until stiff, (make sure to use clean beaters), whites will form meringue peaks.
*Next, gently stir in dried raisins or cranberries, and nuts into the batter.
*Fold the meringue gently into the pumpkin bread batter.
*Spoon batter into greased & floured loaf pans.
*Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour, or until a toothpick when inserted in the center of the loaves, comes out clean.
*Cool loaves on wire racks.