Pumpkin Bread

Probably the best chocolate chip pumpkin bread I've had in a long time!

Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1 15-oz can 100% pure pumpkin
1 cup chocolate chips

Directions:  Preheat oven to 325.  Grease two 8x4" loaf pans with butter and dust with flour.

In a medium bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Whisk until well combined; set aside.

In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until just blended.  Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.  Continue beating until very light and fluffy, a few minutes.  Beat in the pumpkin.  The mixture might look grainy and curdled at this point.  That's okay.

Add the flour mixture and mix on low speed until combined.

Turn the batter into the prepared pans, dividing evenly, and bake for 65-75 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.  Let the loaves cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Bread can be frozen.