Winter Squash Bread

Ingredients:

• 3 cups sugar
• 2 cups cooked, mashed winter squash (Butternut, Acorn, or Kabocha are good choices)
• 4 large eggs, beaten
• 1 cup canola or coconut oil
• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. baking power
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp ground allspice
• ½ tsp. ground cloves
• ¾ cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• ¾ cup raisins

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, squash, eggs, and oil and mix well.
3. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. Add them to the squash mixture alternately with 2/3 cup warm water.
4. Stir in the nuts and raisins and divide the batter between 2 buttered 9-by-5 inch loaf pans.
5. Bake until the bread springs back lightly to the touch, about 1 hour.