4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
3 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar
4 eggs
2/3 cups water
1 cup Delizia Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 cups canned pumpkin
1 1/2 cups prepared mincemeat
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
raisin or chopped dates, if desired
*if batter is too think, add 1/2 cup sour milk (add a few drops of lemon or lime juice to the 1/2 cup milk to make it sour)
Grease and flour three 9 x 5 or five 7-1/2 x 4 loaf pans, set aside. Preheat oven 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 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 wood 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.
Makes 8-10 servings