Pumpkin-chocolate Chip Bread

Total Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups pumpkin puree (1 15-oz can)
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 eggs
• 3 -4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 cups chocolate chips, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 cream the butter and sugar. mix in pumpkin and eggs, until creamy and well combined.
• 3 in a small bowl, combine chocolate chips with 1/4 cup of flour and set aside.
• 4 in a separate bowl, combine baking powder, salt, spices, and 2 3/4 cup flour. mix dry mixture into the wet ingredients; then add up to another cup of flour in order to achieve the proper consistency (moist, but thick enough to stand a spoon in). stir in chocolate chips.
• 5 pour or spoon the batter into greased muffin tins or bread pans. bake on the center rack until a toothpick poked into the center comes out dry.
• 6 baking times: muffins 20-25 minutes, small loaves 25-30 minutes, full-sized loaves 50 minutes-1 hour.