Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Bread

photo by:kraft

With cream cheese, pumpkin, pecans and spices baked right into this moist, homemade quick bread, it’s sure to become an autumn favorite.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

1 hr 15 min

servings

total:

32 servings or 2 loaves, 16 servings each

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What You Need

1/2

cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

2-1/2

cups sugar

eggs

can (15 oz.) pumpkin

3-1/2

cups flour

tsp. baking soda

tsp. salt

tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2

tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder

1/4

tsp. ground cloves

cup PLANTERS Pecan Pieces

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F. Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in pumpkin. Gradually add combined dry ingredients, mixing after each addition just until moistened. Stir in nuts.

POUR into 2 greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pans.

BAKE 55 min.or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 5 min.; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Make Ahead

Bake bread as directed; cool completely. Wrap securely in plastic wrap. Freeze up to 1 month. Thaw, wrapped, at room temperature for 12 hours.

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KDJ8

posted:10/29/2010

I have another pumpkin bread recipe that is definitely better for you (uses applesauce, etc) but this bread is just delicious! Go ahead and splurge and try this recipe!

nanabenn

posted:10/9/2010

I could not get over how easy this was to make and how amazingly MOIST it is! This is without a doubt the best Pumpkin Bread recipe I have ever made! YUM!

a cook

posted:11/16/2009

This was fantastic!! Everybody in my family loved it and friends are even asking for the recipe.

a cook

posted:11/12/2009

I have requests for this all the time!

HotmamaRee

posted:10/26/2009

I have made this bread several times, It's so good I decided to make a bunch of loaves & sell them, I sold 27 loaves in one afternoon then had folks come back & get more the next day! Me & my family love it for breakfast!

Hughese1

posted:10/19/2009

This is probably one of the best breads I have ever tasted. I made some for the first time this past weekend and my husband is ready for me to make some more. My brother has never had pumpkin bread before because he thought he wouldn't like it, but he asked to take some pieces home. This is a must try!

jackb

posted:2/24/2009

The only change I made was to use walnuts and break all 4 eggs in a seperate bowl and blend with a butter knife (that way if you get a bad egg it won't spoil the mix and no shell pices) I baked it for 65 min. My daughter and her family got one and the wife and I and a neighbor had the other, there both gone. this is a great recipe and very easy to make. I'm making two more tomorrow.

Beverlyal

posted:2/8/2009

This pumpkin bread was fantastic! Be sure and cook it the entire time. Mine was not done in the middle because I wanted it to be moist, so it tasted like a pumpkin pie in the middle (which wasn't all bad!) I will make it again!

MsSharonK

posted:1/3/2009

This is SO moist. I made 3 loaves as gifts for Christmas and every one I gave them to, raved abut how great it was.

a cook

posted:12/22/2008

I can see why this bread has so many good ratings. This is by far THE BEST pumpkin bread I have ever eaten. When you make this, you'd better make more than 2 loaves, because it won't last long!! Thanks for a wonderful recipe to add to our family's favorites!