Ingredients
-
4 cups all-purpose flour
-
2 teaspoons baking soda
-
1 teaspoon salt
-
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
-
2 cups sugar
-
3/4 cup butter, softened
-
4 eggs
-
1/2 cup water
-
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
-
1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
-
2 tablespoons miniature semisweet chocolate chips
-
4 -5 tablespoons chopped pecans
-
1 tablespoon sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and grease bottom only of 2 (8x4) inch loaf pans with shortening.
- Lightly flour (or spray botttoms of pans with cooking spray, if you choose this than DO NOT FLOUR.
- In a medium bowl, stir 1st five ingredients until mixed, and set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat 2 cups sugar, and butter with mixer an medium speed for 1-2 minutes, or till creamy.
- Add eggs , 1 at a time, beating well after each.
- Beat in water and pumpkin on low speed.
- Add flour mixture, and beat for 1 minute.
- Stir in 1 cup of the chocolate chips, and spread evenly in pans.
- Sprinkle tops with remaining 2 tablespoons chocolate chips, the pecans, and the 1 tablespoon sugar.
- Bake 1 hour 5 minutes or until the center comes out clean.
- Cool in pans for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pans to cooling rack, and let cool completely for 1 1/2 hours.