How to make a Homemade Pumpkin Bread

The picture above is a pic of homemade pumpkin bread. Which is what my post is gonna be about. Today's post will tell how to make pumpkin bread. If you will like something else just comment.

Ingredients
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (not self-rising flour)
2 tsp. baking soda
3 cups sugar (or 3 cups Splendor (or about 1/3 that if you use Stevia, which is my preference) OR a 50:50 mix of the sugar and Stevia/ or Splendor).
1 and 1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice
2 cups of fresh cooked pumpkin OR one 16 ounce can of canned pumpkin
1/2 cup water if you are using fresh cooked pumpkin OR 2/3 cup water if you are using commercial canned pumpkin
4 eggs, beaten
(Note for vegans: each egg can be replaced 1 tablespoon of flax meal mixed with 3 Tbs. water (mixed until it develops uniformly sticky consistency). That's 4 tablespoons of flax meal in total. The bread takes about 15 minutes longer to bake and is a little more dense but very good after a day of refrigeration.)
1 cup vegetable oil
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
1/2 cup raisins (also optional)

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and sugar (or Stevia, my preference (or if you prefer, Splendor).
3. Add the eggs, water, oil and pumpkin.
4. Stir until blended.
5. If desired, add the raisins and/or nuts. Mix well, either by hand or with a mixer.
6. Pour into two lightly greased and floured 9x5" loaf pans. Or, use muffin pans if you want muffins instead of loaves!
7. Bake approximately 1 hour at 350 F (175 C). The test for doneness is the knife test: when a clean knife can be stuck in and removed cleanly.
8. Remove from the oven and cool slightly (10 minutes).
9. Then take the loaves out of pans to let cool on a rack.

Like banana bread, pumpkin bread tastes better if you wrap it in plastic wrap (Saran wrap, cling film), refrigerate it and wait until the following day to eat it. It keeps well in the refrigerator and can be frozen.