Pumpkin Bread

• 4 eggs 
• ⅔ cup water 
• 1 cup salad oil 
• 2 cups or 1 (16-ounce) can pumpkin 
• 3 ⅓ cups flour 
• 2 teaspoons soda 
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt 
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon 
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg 
• pinch powdered cloves 
• 3 cups granulated sugar (yes, this is correct)

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Beat eggs. Add oil, water, and pumpkin and mix well. Sift flour. Measure and sift together with the sugar, soda, salt, and spices. Make a well in the center of these ingredients and add the pumpkin mixture to this. Stir well, so that all is mixed.

Turn into 3 well-oiled loaf tins and bake for 1 hour. Remove pans from oven and set on rack so that bread may cool in the tins. Remove, wrap in foil, and store.

From Cooking Down East by Marjorie Standish