Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice Bread

Hello!

It's my favorite time of year! Harvest, Halloween, chill in the air and baking pumpkin bread!

This is my all time favorite recipe for pumpkin bread. A few notes, I use fresh pumpkin puree which tends to have more water than canned pumpkin. If you are using canned add 1/2 cup of water instead of 1/4 cup. I love to put a bit of butter on a slice while still warm. Yum!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar

4 eggs 
2 cups pumpkin puree  
1 tsp vanilla  
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 
1 tsp baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tsp salt 
2 tsp ground cinnamon 
2 tsp ground nutmeg 

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground allspice

1/4 cup water 
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

2. Grease and flour two 9-inch loaf pans.*

3. Mix white sugar, brown sugar, and eggs in a large bowl; stir in pumpkin and vanilla and mix well.  

4. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice in another bowl. 

5. Add wet mixture to dry, adding water as you go. 

6. Mix in chocolate chips.

7. Pour into prepared loaf pans.

8. Bake 55 to 60 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

*I've also made this using mini bread and muffin pans. Check after 40 minutes and add time from there until toothpick comes out clean.