Pumpkin Bread – Crafts to Crumbs

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon pumpkin spice (1 tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp ground ginger, ¼ tsp nutmeg, ¼ tsp ground cloves)
• 1 ½ cup brown sugar (lightly packed)
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce (I used one 3.9 oz cup, which yielded a heaping 1/3 cup)
• ½ cup of canola oil
• 1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin puree (not pie mix)
• 2 large eggs
• ½ cup of chopped nuts or pumpkin seeds (optional)