Pumpkin Cheese Bread Ii

Serves: 5

Roxane Raynor

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

53

Spice

42

Sweetness

47

Sourness

45

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.9

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1.5 cups

White Sugar

1.666667 cups

All-Purpose Flour

1

Egg

1 tbsp

Orange Zest

1 tsp

Baking Soda

1 tsp

Salt

2

Eggs

Directions:

1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C)

2

Lightly grease two 8x4 inch loaf pans

3

In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 egg and orange zest; beat until smooth

4

Set aside

5

Sift together 1 2/3 cup flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and pumpkin pie spice; set aside Place pumpkin, vegetable oil, 2 eggs and 1 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl; beat well

6

Stir the pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture just until combined

7

Fold in the pecans if desired

8

Pour 1/2 of the pumpkin batter into the loaf pans

9

Spoon cream cheese mixture on top of this layer and then pour on the remaining batter

10

Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean

11

Cool bread in pans for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely