Autumn Spiced Butternut Squash Bread

This is a good way to use butternut squash. It has the aroma and flavors of a pumpkin bread.

Ingredients

2 2/3 cups white sugar

2/3 cup shortening

2 cups pureed cooked butternut squash

4 eggs

2/3 cup water

3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

2/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

2/3 cup raisins (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

2. Beat sugar and shortening together in a bowl until fluffy. Stir butternut squash, eggs, and water into sugar mixture.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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