Gramma tillie’s pumpkin bread recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup olive oil or vegetable oil
• 3 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 12⁄3 cups pumpkin
• 31⁄3 cups all-purpose fl our
• 1¼ teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 1 cup chopped walnuts, optional

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease three 9 × 5- inch loaf pans.
2. Combine the olive oil, sugar, eggs, and pumpkin in a large bowl. Using a mixer, beat well.
3. Mix the flour, salt , baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger in a separate bowl. Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture gradually, beating at low speed. Stir in the walnuts, if using.
4. Fill the prepared pans half full. Bake for 1 hour, or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean.