Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Bread

By á-5015

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup mashed cooked fresh pumpkin
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup oil
• 6 (1 ounce) squares semi-sweet baking chocolate, coarsely chopped

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices until well blended; set aside. Beat eggs, pumpkin, sugars, milk, and oil in large bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Add dry ingredients; stir just until moistened. Stir in chopped chocolate.

Pour into greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.

Bake 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.


To Cook Pumpkin:
Cut pumpkin in half and clean the seeds out of both halves. Do not peel pumpkin. Bake, cut sides down, in jelly roll pan, for 45 minutes to 1 hour at 425 degrees. Once pumpkin has cooled, peel it. Add the pumpkin to a food processor to blend together. Store in fridge for a few days, or freeze in appropriate containers.