Pumpkin Bread

in Main Dishes

By Lucia Y. from Youngstown

Ingredients

1 1/2 C. Canned pumpkin
1 1/4 C. Oil
2 C. Sugar
3 C. Flour
4 Large eggs
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon (you can use a little less)
1/2 tsp. salt
12 oz. package of chocolate chip morsels

Directions

Using your mixer, beat the pumpkin and oil together until smooth, about a minute. Add eggs (I usually let them get room temperature whenever I bake.) one at a time and beat well. Add sugar and beat well, making sure it’s not gritty. Add the dry ingredients and beat well. Your batter will be thick. Don’t worry – that’s supposed to happen. If it seems too hard on your mixer, you can finish mixing the batter by hand with a wooden spoon. Add the chocolate chips and mix by hand.
This will make either 3 normal-size loaves or 4 mini loaves. Generously grease and flour the pans. Pour the batter in to about 3/4 full. To make them even, start 1/2 full for each pan and then pour a little at a time into each one. A spatula works well to get all of the batter out of your mixing bowl. Preheat your oven and bake at 350˚ for 50 minutes to an hour or until tested with a toothpick until done. Just keep an eye on it because everyone’s oven is different.

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