PUMPKIN PECAN BREAD

This is a recipe that came in an old mailing from the American Heart Association many years ago.

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsps salt
1 1/2 tsps cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 cup sugar
1 cup oil
4 eggs or egg substitutes (or 8 egg whites)
2/3 cup water
2 cups canned pumpkin
1 cup chopped pecans

Sift together the flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Add sugar to flour mixture and mix thoroughly. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add all at once the following ingredients: oil, eggs, water and pumpkin. Mix well then add in the pecans. Pour batter into 4 8x4-inch loaf pans, filling each pan about half full. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Yield: 4 loaves 1/16 of a loaf equals approximately 85 calories