This is a special Sukkos treat – as are all things pumpkin!  Dust with powdered sugar before serving.

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

¾ cup shortening

2 eggs

2-1/2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons cinnamon

2 teaspoons minced crystallized ginger

2 cups pumpkin

1 cup raisins

1 cup chopped pecans

1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat together sugars, shortening and eggs until fluffy. Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and ginger.  Add to the batter alternately with the pumpkin, beginning and ending with the flour.  Stir in raisins, nuts and cherries.  Pour into greased Bundt pan and bake for about 1 hour.  Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes before removing from pan.

By Emuna Braverman and Elizabeth Kurtz, of www.gourmetkoshercooking.com

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