3 1/2 c. flour
2 1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1 tbsp. nutmeg
2 c. pumpkin
1 c. Crisco oil
2/3 c. water
4 eggs

Mix dry ingredients. Stir pumpkin, oil and water in a separate dish. Add eggs to pumpkin mixture one at a time. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add pumpkin mixture. Stir until mixed but do not beat. Bake in 2 loaf pans at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Variation: Add 1 cup chopped pecans to dough and bake.