Pumpkin Bread

I love making bread in the fall and I want to try both of these recipes I found on friends blogs to see which one I like best...

Here is one from Laurie Marsh's blog and I love that it has whole wheat flour in it

GREAT HARVEST PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD

2 1/2 cups white flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

3 cups sugar

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon salt

16 oz cooked or canned pumpkin puree (not pie filling)

1 cup oil

4 eggs, beaten lightly

2/3 cup water

1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two (9x5 inch) loaf pans or three (8x4 inch) loaf pans.

Mix flours, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl; set aside.

Mix pumpkin, oil, eggs, and 2/3 cup water together and stir into dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips. Place batter in prepared pans.

Bake 60 or 70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

This pumpkin bread is pretty light and airy (almost like pumpkin pound cake). It makes 2 loaves. Tisha M.

1/2 cup butter, soft
1 pkg (8-oz) cream cheese, soft
2 1/2 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 (15-oz) can pumpkin
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp allspice

• Preheat oven to 350. Spray two bread pans.
• Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar until well blended.
• Add eggs one at a time; mix well after each egg.
• Blend in pumpkin.
• Gradually add dry ingredients. Mix just until moist.
• Pour into greased pans. Cook 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center
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Pumpkin Bread - Kathy G.

1 cup butter - softened

3 1/2 cups sugar

6 eggs

1 large can Pumpkin

Mix together until well blended.

In separate bowl mix together well:

5 1/4 flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 Tbsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp cloves

1 tsp nutmeg

Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture alternating with:

1 cup milk

1 Tbsp vanilla

Chocolate chips or nuts can also be added.

Mix until just blended and then spoon batter into greased bread pans.

Bake @ 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes -

or until cooked in the center. Cool on wire racks.
Makes 3 large loaves - or 4 regular sized.

Delicious warm with butter - or cool by itself!

• comes out clean.