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Butternut Squash Bread Recipe

INGREDIENTS

• 2 ⅔ cups white sugar
• ⅔ cup butter
• 2 cups pureed cooked butternut squash
• 4 large eggs
• ⅔ cup water
• 3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves or to taste
• ⅔ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
• ⅔ cup raisins (Optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9×5-inch loaf pans.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl until fluffy. Stir butternut squash, eggs, and water into sugar mixture.
• 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.
• 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.

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Recipe Source: AllRecipes.com