Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

I felt like baking and wanted to make something pumpkiny, so I found this recipe for a chocolate chip pumpkin bread.  I love baking, but this was my first attempt at making bread.  It was an easy recipe to follow and turned out great!!  Matt and I both loved it... so much that I had a little slice for breakfast this morning :)  It is great served warm!

Recipe from Sallys Baking Addiction Cookbook




Ingredients:

  • 1 and 3/4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup  sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 and 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 2/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Lowering the oven rack prevents the top of your bread from browning too much too soon. Spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt together until combined. In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together until combined. Whisk in the pumpkin, oil, and orange juice. Pour these wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently mix together using a rubber spatula or a wooden spoon. There will be a few lumps. Do not overmix. Gently fold in the chocolate chips.



Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 60-65 minutes, making sure to loosely cover the bread with aluminum foil halfway through to prevent the top from getting too brown. The bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean with only a few small moist crumbs. This may be before or after 60-65 minutes depending on your oven, so begin checking every 5 minutes at the 55 minute mark or so.

Allow the bread to cool completely in the pan on a wire rack before removing and slicing. The bread will stay fresh in an airtight container (it tastes better on day 2!) at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to 10 days. But it won't last that long.
FREEZING: Baked bread may be frozen up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator.



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