Goody-Good Pumpkin Bread

• 1 c. butter, softened
• 3 c. sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 c. all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. cloves
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 (16 oz) can pumpkin
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 c. chopped pecans (optional)
• 1 c. raisins (optional)

1. Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Combine next 7 ingredients.
4. Add to creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
5. Stir in vanilla, pecans and raisins.
6. Spoon into 2 (9-inch) loaf pans that have been greased and floured.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in middle comes out clean.
8. Cool in pans 10 minutes, remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.

butter, sugar, eggs, allpurpose, baking powder, salt, soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, pumpkin, vanilla, pecans, raisins

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=58217 (may not work)