Gigi’s Blue Ribbon Pumpkin Bread – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
• 1 tsp. ground ginger
• 2 cups pumpkin puree (or cubed, cooked fresh)
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup canola oil
• ⅔ cup water
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 cup raisins (optional)