Pumpkin Bread

This delicious recipe came from a fantastic ward family in my ward. Everything they make is delicious. She said her mother got this recipe from a Betty Crocker cook book years ago.

3/4 cup canola oil

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 can (16 ounces) pumpkin

2/3 cup of apple juice (or water, but we like to use the juice)

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon cloves

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

2/3 cup of chopped nuts (I used pecans because I always have them on hand, but walnuts would be fine)

1 cup craisins (this is just an estimate b/c I just put a few hand-fulls in)

1 1/2 cups diced apple (I used golden delicious today...and this is another estimate b/c I used 1 and 1/2 apples...)

Heat oven to 350. Grease loaf pans (for me, I use 4 mini loafs and 12 mini muffins, but large loafs would be great too). Mix oil and sugar in large bowl. Add eggs, pumpkin, and apple juice. Blend in flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and pumpkin pie spice. Stir in nuts, craisins and apples. Pour into pans (muffin tins). Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean (in the mini pans aprox. 45 minutes...mini muffins approx. 15 minutes).