Helen Matava brought this to the Writers Guild Potluck at my house in October. It's a nice, basic, traditional pumpkin bread recipe. You can't go wrong with it.

Helen's Pumpkin Bread

preheat oven to 350°

2 9x5 loaf pans, greased and floured

3 and 1/2 c flour
1 T baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
4 large eggs, beaten
1 and 1/2 white sugar
1 c light brown sugar
1 c butter, melted
1 16-oz can pumpkin

1. Mix flour, baking powder, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon and cloves together.
2. In another bowl, beat eggs and sugars together on low speed.
3. Beat in melted butter until smooth.
4. Beat in pumpkin.
5. Beat web ingredients into the mixed dry ingredients until smooth.
6. Divide the batter between the two loaf pans.

Bake about 50 minutes, or until a toothpick in the center comes out clean.

Cool slightly. Loosen the bread by running a knife along the sides of each pan. Turn out.