Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Bread

Ingredients

• 2 tsp baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter softened (1 stick)
• 0.5 tsp calumet baking powder 
• 15 oz pumpkin canned
• 8 oz philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 4  eggs 
• 3.5 cups flour 
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon 
• 0.3 tsp ground cloves 
• 1 cup planters pecan pieces 
• 1 tsp salt 
• 2.5 cups sugar 

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• blender
• loaf pan
• toothpicks

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350F. Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until well blended.
2. 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.
3. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pans.
4. Bake 55 min.or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 5 min.; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.