4 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
4 eggs
1/2 cup sourdough starter
2/3 cup water
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups canned pumpkin
1-1/2 cups prepared mincemeat
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
Grease three 9 x 5 or five 7-1/2 x 4-inch loaf pans, set aside. Preheat oven to 350F. 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 sourdough starter, water, oil and pumpkin.
Pour into flour mixture. Stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in mincemeat and nuts. Pour evenly into prepared pans.
Bake 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pans a few minutes.
Turn out top side up on a rack.
Makes 3 large loaves or 5 medium loaves.