Autumn Spiced Butternut Squash Bread

This is a good way to use butternut squash. It has the aroma and flavors of a pumpkin bread. A great bread for Thanksgiving time.

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Ingredients

  • 2 2/3 cups white sugar

  • 2/3 cup shortening

  • 2 cups pureed cooked butternut squash

  • 4 eggs

  • 2/3 cup water

  • 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

  • 2 teaspoons baking soda

  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • 1 teaspoon ground cloves

  • 2/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

  • 2/3 cup raisins (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

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

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

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.