Chocolate Pumpkin Date Nut Bread Food

PUMPKIN DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• In large bowl, cream together the butter, sugar and 1 egg, then beat in second egg until batter is smooth.
• Stir in pumpkin, orange zest and orange juice.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and spices, then add nuts and dates.
• Pour all at once into batter in mixing bowl and stir by hand only to moisten.
• Pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for 10 minutes, them remove loaf to rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9X5 loaf pan & set aside.
• 2. Beat together the butter, pumpkin, eggs and water. Set aside.
• 3. Sift together the sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Stir into this the dates, nuts and chocolate chips to coat well.
• 4. Combine the two mixtures and blend well. Pour into prepared pan and bake @350 for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. Check for doneness at 1 1/4 hours.
• 5. Note: this bread will be moist and it freezes well.
• 6. Tip: You can use self rising flour instead of all purpose but please remember to omit the baking powder, baking soda and salt if you do this.

TRADITIONAL PUMPKIN-NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Grease three 9x5x3-inch loaf pans.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Sift together dry ingredients; set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream shortening, sugar, and vanilla.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add pumpkin; mix well.
• Sift in dry ingredients alternating with water.
• Mix until smooth.
• Fold in nuts.
• Turn batter into prepared pans.
• Bake for 45 to 55 minutes.

CONTEST-WINNING CHOCOLATE CHIP PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda. In another bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, pumpkin and oil. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips., Pour into 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

PUMPKIN BREAD WITH CHOCOLATE CHIP STREUSEL

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a nonstick 9-inch loaf pan. (Or, if the pan is not nonstick, line with parchment paper and butter the paper.)
• Prepare the streusel: In a bowl, combine the brown sugars, nuts, cinnamon and ginger. Cut in butter with pastry blender or your fingers until mixture is crumbly. Divide the mixture in half and add the chocolate chips to one half. Leave the other plain and set it aside for the topping.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat sugars and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin, sour cream, rum and vanilla extract; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Spoon half of the batter into pan. Sprinkle the chocolate chip streusel over the batter, not allowing streusel to touch sides of pan. Top with remaining batter. Make sure batter layer touches edges of pan. Sprinkle remaining streusel on the top.
• Bake for about 40 to 50 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes in pan on wire rack. Unmold and cool completely.

SUGAR FREE PUMPKIN DATE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl, whip eggs.
• add oil and continue mixing.
• add the splenda sugar substitute and mix well.
• Add the applesauce, pumpkin, and vanilla.
• Sift together the dry ingredients and add to the pumpkin mixture.
• Stir in the dates and nuts.
• Batter will be very stiff.
• Grease and flour 8 small loaf pans or 4 larger loaf pans.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean.
• Remove from pans and cool on wire rack.
• When completely cool, store in plastic bags.
• This bread freezes nicely and is a great Thanksgiving gift to friends.