pumpkin bread...

Pumpkin Bread

• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/2 cup pear or apple sauce
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp. ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 cups pumpkin puree

1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees.
2. In one bowl, beat your wet ingredients: the oil, apple or pear sauce, eggs, sugar and vanilla extract.
3. In another bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt.
4. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
5. Add pumpkin puree. Mix carefully but thoroughly.
6. Spray TWO 8" X 4" loaf pans with cooking oil spray, then divide the batter between the two pans.
7. Place the pans into the preheated oven, and bake for about an hour.
8. Let them cool for about 10 minutes on the counter, then carefully remove them from the pans and let them come to room temperature.
9. Eat one loaf, freeze the other for later. :)

PS - you can use almost any type of fruit in place of the pumpkin - chopped pears, apple pieces, peach slices...