Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 3/4 cup quick-cooking oatmeal
• 1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
• 1/3 cup buttermilk (or regular milk that has been soured with a dash of vinegar)
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips
• 2 eggs, beaten

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f and spray a 8 x 4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• 2 combine dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
• 3 combine pumpkin, buttermilk, oil, vanilla, and eggs in a small bowl or measuring cup.
• 4 pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. add chocolate chips and stir gently just until the dry ingredients are moistened. batter will be very thick.
• 5 spoon batter into the prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 6 remove bread from pan and cool on a wire rack.