Pumpkin Bread

2/3 cup shortening (butter or better yet, replace with 2/3 c. pureed white beans)

2 cups sugar
4 eggs (egg whites)
2 c. pumpkin
2/3 c. water
3 1/3 c. flour (whole wheat flour even works)
½ tsp cloves
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
3 tsp baking soda

Cream shortening (or beans) with sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add the pumpkin and water and mix. Combine the dry ingredients and mix together, makes 2 large loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 min. Or muffins.

This is one of my favorite things to make in the fall. This year, I grew my own pumpkins and cooked them up and made my own pumpkin puree. When you make this with wheat flour, beans and egg whites, it is incredibly healthy.
You can throw a few choc. chips into it and the kids eat them up!!