Pumpkin Bread
2 cups Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp. Salt
½ tsp. Ginger
¼ tsp. Baking Soda
¼ tsp. Cloves
1 cup packed Brown Sugar
⅓ cup Shortening
2 eggs
1 cup Pumpkin
¼ cup Milk
½ cup Raisins ½ cup chopped Walnuts
In a mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, salt, ginger, baking soda and cloves; set aside. In a large mixer bowl beat together brown sugar and shortening until well combined; beat in eggs. Add pumpkin and milk; mix well. Add flour mixture to sugar-pumpkin mixture, mixing well. Stir in chopped nuts and the raisins.
Turn batter into a greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake in a 350º oven for 55-60 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool thoroughly on a wire rack. Wrap and store overnight before slicing. Makes one loaf.