Pumpkin-mincemeat Bread

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Vegetables, Meats, Grains		Breads, Christmas	60	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	c	All-purpose flour
1	t	Baking powder
1 1/2	t	Baking soda
1 1/2	t	Salt
2	T	Pumpkin pie spice
1 1/2	c	Granulated sugar
1 1/2	c	Packed brown sugar
4		Eggs
1/2	c	Sourdough starter
2/3	c	Water
1	c	Vegetable oil
2	c	Canned pumpkin
1 1/2	c	Prepared mincemeat
1	c	Chopped walnuts or pecans

INSTRUCTIONS

Grease three 9 x 5 or five 7-1/2 x 4 loaf pans, set aside. Preheat
over to 350.  In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder,
baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, granulated sugar and brown
sugar; set aside. In a medium bowl, beat eggs.  Stir in sourdough
starter, water, oil and pumpkin. Pour all at once into flour mixture.
Stir until dry ingredients are just moistened.  Stir in mincemeat and
nuts.  Pour evenly into prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven 1 hour
or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Turn out  of
pans. Cool top side up on a rack. Wrap each cooled loaf in plastic
wrap or foil as a gift or to freeze. Thaw wrapped frozen loaves at
room temperature 2 hours. Makes 3 large loaves or 5 medium loaves.
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 111 Calories From Fat: 36 Total Fat: 4.1g Cholesterol: 12.4mg Sodium: 124.1mg Potassium: 39mg Carbohydrates: 17.6g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 10.6g Protein: 1.4g