pumpkin bread Pumpkin bread can be as simple or as fancy as you like it. Ingredients often include cinnamon and other spices and nuts, but you'll find recipes for plain and simple pumpkin bread, too. Pumpkin bread is baked from a batter like banana bread and resembles banana bread in other ways.   How to make pumpkin bread: 3 cups flour 2 cups sugar 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp grund nutmeg 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 2 cups cooked, mashed or pureed pumpkin 2/3 cups oil 3 eggs, beaten Mix all dry ingredients well. In a seperate bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients and add to the dry ingredients, mix gently. Turn batter into well greased loaf pans and bake at 350 for about one hour. Makes two loaves.