Butternut Squash Bread

Ingredients

• 2.67 cups white sugar
• 0.67 cups butter
• 2 cups pureed cooked butternut squash
• 4 large eggs
• 0.67 cups water
• 3.33 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1.5 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves or to taste
• 0.67 cups chopped walnuts , Optional
• 0.67 cups raisins , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

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

2. 2

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

3. 3

   Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and ground cloves in another bowl; stir into sugar mixture. Add walnuts and raisins; stir until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.

4. 4

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans briefly before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.