Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

Spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves,
this bread improves with age, so plan
to make it a day ahead if possible.

Ingredients:
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 cups white sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree,
eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended.
In a separate bowl, whisk together
the flour, baking soda, salt,
cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.
Stir the dry ingredients into the
pumpkin mixture until just blended.
Pour into the prepared pans.
Bake for about 50 minutes
in the preheated oven.
Loaves are done when toothpick
inserted in center comes out clean.