Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
• 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 4 -5 tablespoons chopped pecans
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease bottom only of 2 (8x4) inch loaf pans with shortening.
• 2 lightly flour (or spray botttoms of pans with cooking spray, if you choose this than do not flour.
• 3 in a medium bowl, stir 1st five ingredients until mixed, and set aside.
• 4 in a large bowl, beat 2 cups sugar, and butter with mixer an medium speed for 1-2 minutes, or till creamy.
• 5 add eggs , 1 at a time, beating well after each.
• 6 beat in water and pumpkin on low speed.
• 7 add flour mixture, and beat for 1 minute.
• 8 stir in 1 cup of the chocolate chips, and spread evenly in pans.
• 9 sprinkle tops with remaining 2 tablespoons chocolate chips, the pecans, and the 1 tablespoon sugar.
• 10 bake 1 hour 5 minutes or until the center comes out clean.
• 11 cool in pans for 10 minutes.
• 12 remove from pans to cooling rack, and let cool completely for 1 1/2 hours.