Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 (14 ounce) can pumpkin
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2/3 cup water
• 4 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 (6 ounce) package miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, combine sugar, pumpkin, oil, water, and eggs; beat until smooth.
• 2 blend in flour, spices, baking soda and salt.
• 3 fold in chocolate chips and nuts.
• 4 grease and flour 3 (1 lb.) coffee cans or 3 loaf pans. fill cans 1/2-3/4 full.
• 5 bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a knife when inserted comes out clean.
• 6 cool on wire racks before removing from cans/pans.
• 7 wrap in cellophane once completely cooled.
• 8 to freeze: wrap in cellophane, then foil and place in a ziploc freezer bag.