Sunday, May 13, 2012

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

Have been tweaking my recipe.

Wet ingredients

- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup oil
- 1 x 15 to 17 oz. can/pack of pureed, unsweetened pumpkin

Add:

- 3 cups sugar (2 cups light brown, 1 cup white)

Dry Ingredients

- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1.5 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 cups all purpose unbleached flour (+ up to 1/2 additional cup as needed)

Add:

- 3/4 cup Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips

Top loaves before baking with:

- sprinkling of pumpkin seeds

  1. Mix together wet ingredients.
  2. Then add sugar.
  3. Then mix dry ingredients together in separate mixing bowl.
  4. Add dry mixture to wet in thirds.
  5. Add chocolate chips last.
  6. Sprinkle tops of unbaked loaves with pumpkin seeds.
  7. Bake at 350 for about 60 minutes.
  8. Makes 2 giant loaves; if I had smaller pans, 3 medium sized loaves might be more preferable.