Fall is my favorite season of the year–the crisp air and day trips to the apple orchards for apple picking and warm apple cider.  I am also a huge fan of pumpkin and try to cook with it as much as possible.  You can imagine my delight when I stumbled upon this delicious recipe for pumpkin chocolate chip bread on the All Recipes website.  My kids could not wait to dig straight in. 

Here’s what you need:

3 cups of white sugar

1 can of pumpkin puree

1 cup of vegetable oil

2/3 cup of water

4 eggs

3 1/2 cups of all purpose flour

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

1 tablespoon of ground nutmeg

2 teaspoons of baking soda

1 cup of miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).  Grease three 9×5 inch loaf pans.  

In a large bowl, combine sugar, pumpkin, oil, water and eggs.  Beat until smooth.  Blend in flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt.  Fold in chocolate chips.  Bake for 1 hour or until an inserted knife comes out clean.  Cool on wire rack before removing from the pan.  

Enjoy!