Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour, spooned into measuring cups and leveled
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 sticks butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 (15 oz) can pumpkin

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Stir dry ingredients together
3. Cream butter and sugar
4. Add eggs and cream again
5. Stir in canned pumpkin until well incorporated
6. Stir in dry ingredients just until incorporated
7. Pour into two greased bread loaf pans
8. Bake for 25 minutes
9. Reduce oven temperature to 325 F
10. Bake until inserted toothpick comes out clean, about 50-60 minutes total baking time - tent with foil if top begins to brown before middle is finished