Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

1 ¾ c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
¼ tsp. ginger
¼ tsp. cloves
½ c. butter - softened
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 c. chocolate chips
¾ c. cooked pumpkin

Preheat oven 325 degrees and grease 2 bread pans. Combine first six dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar, add eggs. Beat until fluffy, add pumpkin, mix well. Add chocolate chips. Combine with dry ingredients. Pour into bread pans and bake 1 hour until fork comes out clean. For cooked pumpkin, remove top and seeds from a small pie pumpkin, slice in fourths, cook 20 minutes at 400 degrees or until soft.

Brandi Odell
Linden