Autumn Spice Bread

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

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups canned pumpkin
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 -3 teaspoons cream or 2 -3 teaspoons milk
• 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 grease 2 loaf pans; set aside.
• 2 combine flour, soda and spices.
• 3 cream butter with sugar and pumpkin, blend in eggs.
• 4 at low speed add dry ingredients to egg mixture.
• 5 mix in chocolate and one cup walnuts, stir to blend.
• 6 pour into pans and sprinkle with 1/2 cup nuts.
• 7 bake 350 for 1 1/2 hrs, top with glaze.
• 8 for glaze:.
• 9 combine dry ingredients, blend in cream or milk till misture becomes the consistency of glaze.
• 10 spread on loaves with removed from oven.
• 11 sprinkle remaining nuts on.
• 12 after 5 minutes, remove from pans and cool on rack.