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Spiced Pumpkin Bread With Orange Cream Cheese Recipe
by Global Cookbook

Spiced Pumpkin Bread With Orange Cream Cheese
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  Servings: 12

Ingredients

  • 1/3 c. Butter or possibly margarine, softened
  • 1 1/4 c. Sugar
  • 1 c. Sold pack pumpkin
  • 1 x Egg
  • 1 3/4 c. All-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Grnd cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Baking pwdr
  • 1/2 c. Dry currants
  • 1/2 c. Minced pecans
  • 1 pkt (8 ounce) cream cheese, softened
  • 3 Tbsp. Sugar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp Grated orange peel
  • 1 tsp Lowfat milk, (up to 2 tsp.)

Directions

  1. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar till light; add in pumpkin and egg, mixing well. In a medium bowl, combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and baking pwdr; gradually add in to butter mix, mixing till well blended. Stir in currants and pecans.
  2. Pour batter into a greased 8x4-inch loaf pan. Bake at 350 F for 1 to 1 1/4 hrs our till a wooden toothpic inserted in the center comes out clean.
  3. Cold in pan on wire rack 15 min. Remove from pan; cold completely on wire rack. Serve with Orange Cream Cheese.
  4. To make Orange Cream Cheese: In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients except lowfat milk. Stir till smooth. Stir in 1 to 2 tsp. lowfat milk to make spreading consistency.
  5. For holiday gift giving, place wrapped bread in a decorative basket along with a container of Orange Cream Cheese.
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