pat's Recipe

Pumpkin-Banana Bread

Category: BREADS

2 cups sugar
2/3 cup cooking oil
4 eggs
3 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
2/3 cup water
1 15-oz can pumpkin
1/2 cup mashed rip banana (1 large)
3/4 cup chopped pecans

Grease the bottom and 1/2-inch up sides of two 9x5x3-inch loaf pans; set aside. In a very large mixing bowl, beat sugar and oil with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger. Alternately add flour mixture and the water to sugar mixture, beating after each addition just until combined. Beat in pumpkin and banana. Stir in pecans. Spoon batter into prepared pans.
Bake in a 350 oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool completely on wire racks. Wrap and store overnight before slicing, if you like.

makes 2 loaves.