I make Pumpkin Bread every year... the same recipe for the past 44 years.
Pumpkin Bread
2/3 cup Shortening
2 cups Sugar
4 Eggs
1 (1-pound) can Pumpkin
2/3 cup Water
3-1/3 cups All-Purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
2 teaspoons Baking Soda
1-1/2 teaspoons Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground Cloves
1 cup Pecans, broken
1 cup Raisins
Cream shortening and sugar thoroughly. Beat in eggs, pumpkin, and water. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves. Add to the pumpkin mixture. Stir in the pecans and raisins. Pour in two (2- quart) greased and floured loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees F. for one hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Yield: Two large or three medium loaves.