Pumpkin Shortage

A week and a half before Thanksgiving I tried to buy canned pumpkin at the commissary only to discover they were out.  OUT?!  But I NEED Pumpkin Bread in a bad way!  As I am telling this travesty to a friend she informs me that there is some kind of pumpkin shortage this year.  So sad!

 I knew a civilian grocery store would pull through for me.  Thank you Safeway!  I ended up buying 4 big cans, HA!  And my house was filled with the delicious holiday smell of pumpkin bread.  Harlon and I enjoyed a warm piece right out of the oven.  And since the recipe makes 3 loaves I froze 2 of them.  One for Jase when he gets home and one to bring to Thanksgiving. 

Pumpkin Bread

 3 cups Sugar

 2 tsp Salt

 1 cup Crisco Oil

1 tsp Baking Powder

 4 Eggs, beaten

1 tsp Nutmeg

 1 can Pumpkin

1 tsp Allspice

 2/3 cup Water

1 tsp Cinnamon

 3 1/2 cups Flour

1/2 tsp Clove

 2 tsp Soda

 Cream sugar & oil. Add Eggs & pumpkin. Sift together dry

 ingredients, add alternately with water. Pour into well greased pans.

 Bake at 350* for 1 1/2 hours or until tooth pic stuck in the center

 come out clean. Let stand 10 min. in pans, finish cooling before

 wrapping.

 Makes 3 loaves