Hershey's Pumpkin Bread

flower7's Note:

This is posted in request for a pumpkin bread recipe with peanut butter chips. It comes from the Hershey's website. Makes 3 loaves so would be good to freeze extras to have on hand.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Yield: 3 loaves

• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 15 ounces pumpkin
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2⁄3; cup water
• 4 eggs
• 10 ounces peanut butter chips
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 1 cup raisins (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Grease and flour three 8.5x4.5x2.5-inch loaf pans.
3. Stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and set aside.
4. Stir together pumpkin, oil, water and eggs in a large bowl then gradually add the dry ingredients, stirring until blended.
5. Stir in peanut butter chips, nuts and raisins, if desired. Divide evenly between prepared pans.
6. Bake 55 to 65 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Cool in pans for 10 minutes then remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.

Reviews

[Shasha]

This makes a LOT of pumpkin bread! But it's a nice change from banana bread.

[Marsha D.]

WOW! what a great bread to have with coffee or just as a snack. YUM! DH and I both enjoyed this recipe. Its a keeper for sure! I am so glad I picked this to make in the photo swap#3. Thanks for sharing this delicious recipe flower7!

[Molly53]

Very nice indeed.