Thursday, October 1, 2015

Cream Cheese-Filled Pumpkin Bread


Cream cheese filled pumpkin bread


Cream cheese filled pumpkin bread

yield: MAKES 1 LARGE LOAF AND 1 SMALL LOAF
 
prep time: 20 MINUTES
 
cook time: 55-60 MINUTES
 
total time: 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES

Ingredients:

  • For the bread:
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • For filling:
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 3/4 cup powder sugar


Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350°.
In a large bowl mix together with beater eggs, oil, sugar and vanilla. Fold in pumpkin. In a separate bowl mix together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Then stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture.
In separate bowl mix together with beater the cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Place in a ziplock bag and then cut off the tip, to make it easier to spread over the pumpkin mixture.
Grease your pans and then fill the pan half way with the pumpkin mixture. Spread the cream cheese mixture over the top. Then pour the pumpkin mixture over the top of the cream cheese filling (no more than 3/4 the way full). Bake for 55-65 minutes. For the small loaf pan bake for 25-35 minutes, or until a tooth pick comes clean.