Title: Spiced Pumpkin Bread with Orange Cream Cheese
Categories: Bread
Yield: 16 Servings

1/3	c	Butter or margarine; softened
1 1/4	c	Sugar
1	c	Sold pack pumpkin
1		Egg
1 3/4	c	All-purpose flour
1	ts	Pumpkin pie spice
1/2	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	ts	Ground cinnamon
1/4	ts	Baking powder
1/2	c	Dried currants
1/2	c	Chopped pecans

~--Orange Cream Cheese--- 1 8 oz pkg cream cheese -- softened 3 tablespoons sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 teaspoon grated orange peel 1 teaspoon milk -- (up to 2 teaspoons)

Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light; add pumpkin and egg, mixing well. In a medium bowl, combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and baking powder; gradually add to butter mixture, mixing until well blended. Stir in currants and pecans.

Pour batter into a greased 8x4-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350° F for 1 to 1 1/4 hours our until a wooden toothpic inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack. Serve with Orange Cream Cheese.

To make Orange Cream Cheese: In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients except milk. Stir until smooth. Stir in 1 to 2 teaspoons milk to make spreading consistency.

For holiday gift giving, place wrapped bread in a decorative basket along with a container of Orange Cream Cheese.

NOTES : Formatted by C. Walden (and very nicely done, too!) cranew@foothill.net Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #7 by Bill Spalding on Sep 21, 1997

Recipe by: Spice Islands Recipe Leaflet

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