Healthier Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

• 3 cups white sugar
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 large bread pans.

Beat sugar, pumpkin, eggs, water, applesauce, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract together in a large mixing bowl.

Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves, and ginger together in a separate bowl; stir into the pumpkin mixture until just combined. Fold walnuts into the resulting batter; pour into prepared bread pans.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack. Wrap tightly in aluminum foil to store.