Pumpkin Nut Bread

What You Need:

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, at room temperature.
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 16-oz. can solid packed pumpkin
• 3 cups sifted flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1tsp. baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. cloves
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup dark or golden raisins

What You Do:

1. Cream together butter and sugar.
2. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Add pumpkin. Mix well.
3. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Blend into pumpkin mixture.
4. Sit in nuts and raisins.
5. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9" x 5" x 3" loaf pans.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool on rack before slicing.