Shelly's Recipe

PUMPKIN BREAD WITH CREAM CHEESE FILLING

Category: Quick Breads

3 1/2 cups flour
2 tbsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2/3 cup water
2 cups pumpkin

Filling
1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Mix filling ingredients in order listed and set aside.

Sift dry ingredients together.

Mix pumpkin, water, oil and eggs together. Pour into dry mixture and mix well. Pour 1/2 of batter into 2 greased loaf pans.

Next pour a layer of filling in each pan (using all of the filling). Finish topping with remaining bread batter. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean. Cool before removing from pans.