This autumn-inspired take on banana bread is fitting for the first day of Autumn. Happy fall everyone!

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups white sugar

• 1 cup light brown sugar

• 1 cup butter, melted

• 2 eggs

• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

• 3 cups pumpkin puree

• 4 cups all-purpose flour

• 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon

• 1 tablespoon baking powder

• 1 tablespoon baking soda

• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

• ½ teaspoon ground cloves

• ½ teaspoon salt

Directions

• Step 1

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

• Step 2

  Mix white sugar, brown sugar, and melted butter together in a large bowl. Stir in eggs and vanilla extract; mix in pumpkin until thoroughly combined.

• Step 3

  Whisk flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, cloves, and salt together in a separate bowl. Mix flour mixture into pumpkin mixture until incorporated. Pour batter into three 5x9-inch loaf pans. Smooth batter evenly in each pan.

• Step 4

  Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle of each loaf comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes.