Double Chocolate Pumpkin Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the first 8 ingredients. In another large bowl, whisk eggs, pumpkin, oil, chocolate and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chips and walnuts. , Transfer to 3 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 70-80 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Freeze option: Securely wrap cooled loaves in foil, then freeze. To use, thaw at room temperature.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, pumpkin, water and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Stir in chocolate chips and almonds. , Pour into two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 70-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Wrap in foil and freeze for up to 3 months., To use frozen bread: Thaw at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour three 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, pumpkin, oil, water and eggs.
• Beat until smooth.
• Blend in flour mixture.
• Fold in chocolate chips.
• Pour evenly into 3 pans.
• Bake for one hour, or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Let cool on wire racks before removing.
• Note* You can definately use all of the same chocolate chip, I just love the taste of both!

Steps:

• Day before you want the pudding or early on the same day, preheat the oven to 350*F and butter and flour a 9 by 5 inch loaf pan.
• Whisk together dry ingredients.
• Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add 3 of the eggs one at a time, then add pumpkin puree and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture. Beat until just blended.
• Melt 4 ounces of the chocolate in the top of a double boiler until smooth.
• Spoon half of the batter into the loaf pan, spoon half of the melted chocolate on top, swirling it into the batter with a skewer. Repeat with remaining batter and chocolate.
• Bake for about 1 hour, or until a metal skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the loaf cool for 15 minutes, then invert onto the rack and turn right side up. Cool completely before proceeding.
• Butter a 9 X 13 inch casserole dish and heat oven to 375*F/180*C.
• Slice the pumpkin loaf into 1/2 inch thick slices, arranging them, overlapping to till the baking dish.
• Beat the 4 remaining eggs and egg yolks together until frothy with an electric mixer on medium speed. Slowly beat in the sugar, beating until thick and lemon coloured. Stir in the pumpkin puree, half and half, vanilla and pumpkin pie spice.
• Carefully ladle the custard mixture over the bread slices in the casserole until the dish is filled to the top. Evenly distribute the the remaining chocolate chunks over top.
• Set the baking dish into a larger baking pan and fill the larger pan with enough hot water to reach halfway up the sides of the casserole.
• Place in the hot oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
• Protecting your hands with heavy oven mitts, using a large spoon, push the bread down until the still liquid custard rises in the dish. Spoon the custard evenly over the bread slices again. Bake for about 10 minutes more until a skewer inserted in the center comes out barely clean. Let cool on a rack.
• Serve sprinkled with confectioners sugar accompanied with a dollop of whipped cream or creme fraiche.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine flour, pumpkin, chocolate chips, cocoa, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, cinnamon, baking powder, vanilla extract, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Blend well. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is firm and a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes; dust with powdered sugar.