(by Shirley McNevich)
1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups Libby's canned pumpkin
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. ginger
1/4 cup (or more) Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Glaze: 1 TBSP heavy cream; 1/2 cup Domino's powdered sugar
In a mixer add butter and white sugar--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add
baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, cloves and
ginger--beat. Add pumpkin--beat. Add flour slowly--beat. Remove
bowl from mixer--add chocolate chips and walnuts--stir just until
mixed. Pour batter into a greased and floured bread loaf pan. Bake at
350 degrees for 50-60 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness.
Cool 15 minutes, then dump it on to a cake plate. In a bowl add cream
and powdered sugar--stir until smooth. Drizzle glaze on cooled bread.
 
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This recipe is from Shirley McNevich's first Mom's Best Recipes Volume 5. Published here with permission.
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