Pre-Thanksgiving Thank You Bread

Thanksgiving menu planning inspired to make a few loaves of my moms pumpkin bread. Only problem was that I was lazy and didn't feel like a visit to the grocery. This turned into an opportunity to tweak my moms recipe and use the can of sweet potato I already had instead of pumpkin and brown sugar for a missing 1/2 cup of granulated sugar. The result was a loaf worth gifting!

Pumpkin or Sweet Potato Bread

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Beat in an electric mixer:

4 eggs

Mix in:

1 cup oil (veggie or canola)

1 tsp vanilla

1 can pumpkin or sweet potato puree

Mix in a separate bowl:

3 cups sugar *

3 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ground cloves

1 tsp salt

Add sugar/flour mixture to pumpkin mixture

Mix well but don't over-mix

Grease and flour two loaf pans generously

Bake for 50 minutes

Cool then.....

Package in parchment, tie with bakers twine, gift to a friend!

* I only had 2-1/2 cups of granulated sugar and substituted the last 1/2 with light brown sugar. I worked great and I may even like it better.