Pumpkin Nut Bread

aka Papa's Bikini Bread
"This tastes just like Bikini Bread!"
~Dillon Thomas, age 3

• 1 C canned pumpkin
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/2 C light oil
• 2 C sugar
• 2 1/4 C flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 T pumpkin pie spice
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 1 C cranberries, chopped
• 1 C nuts

In large mixing bowl combine pumpkin, vanilla, eggs, oil and sugar. Mix well using electric mixer. In another large bowl combine dry ingredients and stir to blend well. Form a well in dry ingredients and pour in pumpkin mixture. Stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in nuts and berries. Pour into 2 greased and floured loaf pans. Bake at 350* for 60 Minutes. Cool 10 minutes then invert onto cooling racks.