3 1/2 c Sifted flour

2 ts Baking soda

1 1/2 ts Salt

1 ts Cinnamon

1 ts Nutmeg

3 c Sugar

1 c Pecans

4 Eggs

1 1/2 c Canned pumpkin

1 c Butter

2/3 c Water

----------------------------------TOPPING---------------------------------- 2 tb Melted butter

2 tb Sugar

1/2 ts Cinammon

Sift dry ingredients into large mixerbowl. Quickly add all remaining ingredients. Mix only until dry ingredients are moist. Bake in 2 greased 9x5x3-inch pans in preheated 350-degree F. oven for 1 hour. Cool 5

minutes. Remove from pans and cool on wire rack. While warm brush with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar. Yield: Two loaves