Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread

Ingredients

• 1 package cream cheese , 8 ounce
• 0.5 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• 1.67 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons ground cloves
• 0.5 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 0.5 cups vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1.5 cups white sugar

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly grease two 8x4 inch loaf pans.

2. 2

   Combine cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 egg and orange zest in a medium bowl; beat until smooth. Set aside. Sift together 1 ⅔ cups flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice; set aside.

3. 3

   Place pumpkin, vegetable oil, 2 eggs and 1 ½ cups sugar in a large bowl; beat well. Stir the pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture just until combined. Fold in the pecans if desired. Pour 1/2 of the pumpkin batter into the loaf pans. Spoon cream cheese mixture on top of this layer and then pour on the remaining batter.

4. 4

   Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean, about 60 to 70 minutes. Cool bread in pans briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.