pumpkin bread.

who doesn't crave a nice slice of pumpkin bread in july???? :)

ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
3/4 cup chocolate chips
chopped walnuts optional

directions:
cream butter, sugar & eggs. add pumpkin and mix. combine dry ingredients. add gradually to pumpkin mixture. mix well. add chocolate chips {and nuts}. bake at 350 for 1 hour. makes 1 loaf.

note:
if you happen to have pumpkin pie spice on hand, you can use 2 tsps of that instead of all of the spices individually.