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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread for #SundaySupper

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

Ohhhh my goodness everyone – the holidays are approaching! Heck, the holiday season is technically here! I always think about the holiday season starting with Halloween, and now that the frightfully fun day is behind us, it is onward to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and beyond. It’s enough to send almost anyone into panic mode – so much happening! So little time! Thankfully, today is all about EASY holiday entertaining, and I am bringing pumpkin chocolate chip bread to the mix.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

Ok, so here’s the thing: so much of the holidays (for me) revolves around food…and so much of the focus tends to be on the big meal of the day. That huge Thanksgiving dinner, that big gathering for Christmas Eve, etc. etc. But what about breakfast? In my house, I feel like it tends to fall by the wayside when we are so centered on the evening meal. But what about preparing in advance? Why not, I say! Pumpkin chocolate chip bread to the rescue.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

After all, it is pumpkin EVERYTHING season, right? I don’t know if I’m quite as pumpkin spice crazed as the average person, but I really do enjoy it in my baked goods during the holiday season. Pumpkin chocolate chip bread, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pie…maybe even some pumpkin ravioli. Delicious. It makes me think of fall, family, and get togethers. I get all warm and fuzzy just thinking about it.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

What is pretty fabulous about this bread is that it can serve a number of purposes: breakfast, a snack, and even dessert. Yep. It’s super tasty on its own in the morning…and I am notorious for adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of my pumpkin chocolate chip bread for a seriously delectable dessert.

And I do have to confess a funny story about this bread: it does look a little – short, doesn’t it? Well, I recently added these pretty new loaf pans to my collection and what I didn’t realize is that they are based on European sizing or something like that. What does that mean exactly? Well, they are almost two inches longer than a traditional loaf pan that I’m used to…which is 8.5 inches x 4.5 inches. My new pans are 11 inches long, but still 4.5 inches wide. And of course, that ended up making for a “shorter” loaf of bread in the end since the batter spread out longer. I think it made the bread a bit more cake-like, so I’m not mad about it whatsoever. But yeah…I definitely am going to have to keep that in mind when I bake again in the future. Sheesh!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

This pumpkin chocolate chip bread falls under the “easy” category for me because it only requires a few simple ingredients. PLUS you can work in advance of your holiday celebrations and make the bread a few days (or week even) ahead of time. All you have to do is pop the finished product in the freezer (just like you can with banana bread) and pull it out when you need it. Either wrap the entire loaf tightly with plastic wrap and aluminum foil, or slice it into individual pieces before you wrap if you’re like me and want to just have a piece at a time on hand. With the bread already made, you can put your focus on creating your epic main meal of the day and still enjoy an equally fabulous sweet treat for breakfast/brunch. Easy peasy: I like it!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread for #SundaySupper
 
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Serves: 2 loaves
Ingredients
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¼ cup butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin puree/pure pumpkin
  • 5.3 ounces (a single serve container) Greek yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
  2. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice in a bowl. Stir together to mix. Set aside.
  3. In another large bowl, combine sugar and butter. Beat with a mixer on medium speed until softened butter and sugar are incorporated/creamed. Add the eggs one at a time, then mix well. Then, add the pumpkin puree, Greek yogurt, and vanilla and beat on medium speed until fully combined.
  4. Turn your mixer to low speed, then begin adding the flour mixture by heaping spoonful to the wet mixture. Continue adding scoops of the flour gradually until all is used and the batter is thick.
  5. Turn off the mixer and gently fold in chocolate chips.
  6. Pour batter into two loaf pans (or 4 minis) coated with cooking spray, then bake for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
  7. Remove loaves from oven and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes before slicing. Enjoy!

 

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