Pumpkin Swirl Bread

Ingredients

• 1 package cream cheese , 8 ounce
• 0.25 cups white sugar
• 1 egg , beaten
• 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 0.5 cups butter , melted
• 1 egg , beaten
• 0.33 cups water

Instructions

1. 1

   Blend cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 beaten egg. Set aside.

2. 2

   Combine flour, 1 1/2 cups white sugar, baking soda, salt, and spices. Set aside.

3. 3

   Combine pumpkin, butter or margarine, beaten egg, and water. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, mixing just until moistened. Reserve 2 cups of the pumpkin batter. Pour the remaining batter into a greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Pour cream cheese mixture over pumpkin batter, and top with reserved pumpkin batter. Cut through batter several times with a knife for a swirl effect.

4. 4

   Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 70 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, and then remove from pan to cool completely.