Christmas Gift Loaf Recipe
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Christmas Gift Loaf

By: ABNER100  
"Great Holiday loaf with pumpkin, nuts, chocolate chips and icing. Doubling the batch will yield three 8x4 inch loaves."

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What to Drink?

Wine Port
Hot Non-Alcoholic Coffee
Cook Time:
1 Hr 5 Min
Ready In:
1 Hr 5 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 1 - 9x5 inch loaf
 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
  • 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts, divided
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  • 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1 pinch ground nutmeg
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
  2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each one. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the sugar mixture alternately with the pumpkin puree, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Fold in the chocolate chips and 3/4 cup of the walnuts until evenly distributed. Spoon into the prepared loaf pan, and sprinkle the remaining walnuts over the top.
  3. Bake for 65 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the crown of the loaf comes out clean. Cool, then remove from the pan, and drizzle with icing.
  4. To make the icing, stir together the confectioners' sugar and heavy cream with a pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg until smooth.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 360 | Total Fat: 20.4g | Cholesterol: 60mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 21, 2006 by Jackie2244 
Its one of the best pumpkin recipes I have tried! My family loved it. MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2006 by LPHILLIPS9 
...Made this bread to add to my sweets platter. Omitted the nuts, used mini chips and topped... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 6, 2006 by FOODLOVE 
This loaf comes out beautiful. I did a triple batch and was able to generate 10 mini-loafs, I... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 5, 2006 by Rachel 
This was really good. I used only Robin Hood Multi Grain flour for bread and didn't make the... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 15, 2006 by Katskitchen 
This recipe was wonderful! I made a couple of changes - used 1/2 cup white and 1/2 cup brown... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 6, 2006 by Marsha D 
I just made this for a cocktail party - doubled the recipe, used mini chips and baked them in... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 5, 2006 by Cindy Hall 
Very good! The batter is thick and it helps to smooth out the top well. I didn't bother with... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 9, 2009 by JARRIE 
This was very good. I changed out some of the flour for whole wheat, but other than that... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 31, 2009 by ben 
I changed this recipe by removing the nuts and chocolate, and added a handfull of sunflower... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 3, 2009 by ADZELL 
Very good bread! I didn't have semi sweet chips, so used milk chocolate instead. Also, used... MORE

 
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