Autumn Spiced Butternut Squash Bread

Ingredients

  • 2 ⅔ cups white sugar
  • ⅔ cup shortening
  • 2 cups pureed cooked butternut squash
  • 4 eggs
  • ⅔ cup water
  • 3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves
  • ⅔ cup chopped walnuts
  • ⅔ cup raisins

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
  • Beat sugar and shortening together in a bowl until fluffy. Stir butternut squash, eggs, and water into sugar mixture.
  • Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in another bowl; stir into sugar mixture. Add nuts and raisins; stir until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.