Pumpkin Bread - Foster's Market (or Muffins Or Bundt Cake)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup canola oil or 1 cup safflower oil
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and lightly flour two 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pans or one 12 cup bundt pan. (or line 24 muffin cups with paper muffin cup liners).
• 3 sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl and set aside.
• 4 whisk together the sugar, eggs, and oil in a separate bowl until well blended. stir in the pumpkin, water and vanilla and mix well.
• 5 add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and stir just until all the ingredients are moist. do not over mix.
• 6 pour the batter evenly into the prepared pans and bake about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean (start checking at about the 45 minute mark). if making muffins, bake for about 15 minutes.
• 7 let rest for 10 to 15 minutes before removing from the pans.