Chocolate Pumpkin Bread by @shortstackkitchen

Name: Chocolate Pumpkin Bread by @shortstackkitchen
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 9
Ingredients: 1 ⅓ cups All-Purpose Flour; ¼ cup Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder, sifted; 1 ¼ tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice; ½ tsp Ground Cinnamon; 1 tsp Baking Soda; ½ tsp Fine Salt; 1 ¼ cups Pure Pumpkin Puree (not pumpkin pie filling); ½ cup White Sugar; ½ cup Brown Sugar; ½ cup Colavita Essential Olive Oil; 1 tsp Vanilla Paste or Extract; 2 Whole Large Eggs, room temp; 1 ¼ cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, divided

CategoryDesserts, Fall, Featured, Flour and Sugar, SnacksTags#bread, #pumpkin

Prep Time15 minsCook Time1 hrTotal Time1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

1 ⅓ cups All-Purpose Flour

¼ cup Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder, sifted

1 ¼ tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

½ tsp Ground Cinnamon

1 tsp Baking Soda

½ tsp Fine Salt

1 ¼ cups Pure Pumpkin Puree (not pumpkin pie filling)

½ cup White Sugar

½ cup Brown Sugar

½ cup Colavita Essential Olive Oil

1 tsp Vanilla Paste or Extract

2 Whole Large Eggs, room temp

1 ¼ cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, divided

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Butter a 9x5 inch (23 x 13 cm) loaf pan and line with a parchment paper sling, lengthwise.

In a medium sized bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, pumpkin spice, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.

In a large bowl, add pumpkin puree, Colavita Essential Olive Oil, white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Using a hand whisk, mix until well combined.

Next, whisk in the eggs one at a time until full incorprated.

Sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and whisk until nearly combined.

Switching to a silicone spatula, fold about ⅔ to ¾ cups of the chocolate chips into the batter until just combined. Do not overmix.

Transfer the batter to your prepared loaf pan and top with about ½ cup of chocolate chips.

Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Do not overbake.

Allow the chocolate pumpkin bread to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack. Cool completely and enjoy!

Notes: Leftover pumpkin bread can be stored covered on the counter for 3 days or in the fridge for about 1 week.

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