Butternut Squash Bread

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Butternut Squash Bread

2 cups mashed cooked butternut squash
1 cup canola oil
2 cups sugar
3 eggs beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
3 cups flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. cinnamon
* optional 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts


DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease two 8 1/2X4 loaf pans.
In large mixing bowl combine, squash, eggs, sugar, vanilla and oil, and
blend.

In a separate bowl mix all the dry ingredients (except walnuts) and add
to the wet ingredients.

Stir until just combined.

Fold in nuts.

Pour into prepared pans and bake until toothpick inserted comes out
clean. 60 minutes. Cool 10 minutes on wire rack. Remove from pans
and continue cooling on wire rack.