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-1-8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
-1/2 cup sugar
-1 tablespoon flour
-1 egg
-1 tablespoon finely grated orange peel
Bread:
-1 2/3 cup flour
-1 teaspoon baking soda
-1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
-1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
-1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
-1 cup pumpkin puree
-1/2 cup vegetable oil
-2 eggs
-1 1/2 cup sugar
-1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts, optional
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease 2-8 x 4 x 3 inch loaf pans. In medium bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, flour, egg and orange peel. Beat until smooth and creamy. Set aside.
In another bowl, sift flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg. Set aside.
Put puree, oil, eggs and sugar in large mixing bowl. Beat well. Stir pumpkin mixture into flour mixture and fold in nuts. Pour 1/2 pumpkin bread batter evenly into the two pans. Spoon cream cheese mixture on top of pumpkin batter layer, then pour on remaining batter. Bake 60-70 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes.
