another fabulous fall recipe that my husband couldnt get enough of!

~Pumpkin Bread with Cream cheese frosting~

Pumpkin bread~

1 1/2 cups fresh pureed pumpkin
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
2 1/3 cups and 1 tbs all purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1heaping tsp cinnamon
1 heaping tsp nutmeg


preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease and flour 3 9x5" loaf pans.
mix pumpkin, sugar, oil, eggs. combine dry ingredients and mix until smooth. divide batter between the loaf pans. bake for 45 minutes or so, until a toothpick comes out clean...


cream cheese frosting~

2 8oz pkg cream cheese (softened)
1/2 cup butter (softened)
2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla

cream together cream cheese and butter~ mix in vanilla~gradually mix in sugar~

~now for the fun part~

I cut the loaf of pumkin bread lengthwise and spread frosting on the bottom loaf~you can sprinkle the frosting with nuts if you like~i prefer walnuts or pecans~replace the top half, dollop with frosting and a nut, and voila...fall in a pan!