Great Harvest Pumpkin Choc Chip Bread

 

Great Harvest Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread is the closest thing to buying a Great Harvest loaf! This make at home version includes all of the ingredients listed at Great Harvest and costs less than buying at the bakery.

Makes 2 loaves (I usually double and freeze or pass to neighbors)

takes aprox. 1 hour and 35 min.

Ingredients

• 4   large eggs
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 1/4   cups vegetable or canola oil
• 1-15 oz can Libby’s pumpkin* see recipe notes about Libby’s not pumpkin pie filling
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Place the rack in the center of the oven, and generously grease and line the bottom of two loaf pans with parchment or wax paper. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

2. Place eggs in a mixing bowl. Beat for about 1 minute on medium speed. Add sugar beat again for 1 minute. Scrape down sides of bowl.

3. Add the oil to the mixture in the bowl while the mixer is on low. Add the pumpkin and vanilla and mix on medium until all wet ingredients are mixed well. This takes a few seconds. Turn mixer off.

4. Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, spices and chocolate chips into the bowl with the pumpkin mixture. Mix just until the wet and dry ingredients are incorporated on low, scraping down sides of bowl a couple of times during process.

5. Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pans.

6. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until knife inserted in center of loaf comes out with a few moist crumbs attached. The center should not be shiny or wet looking.

7. Remove from oven. Let sit for 5 minutes in pan. Loosen sides of loaf if necessary with butter knife. Remove from pan and cool completely.

I've also done miny loaf pans and just adjusted the time about 15 min. less than the recommended full version time.  

My parents in Seattle, WA. were saying this bread has the power to open up doors.  It may help that it's fall season, and it has begun to rain there as well!