Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

Ingredients:
1 cup vegetable oil
2 1/3 cups sugar
4 large eggs
2 cups pumpkin
2/3 cup water
3 1/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large bowl, cream together oil and sugar.
3. Beat in the eggs, pumpkin and water. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt nutmeg [yeah, i did a double take to the ingredients list too. so i added about 1/2 tsp of nutmeg], and vanilla.
4. Stir to blend, then mix chips in. Spoon the batter into an already greased 9x5 inch loaf pan.
5. Bake for 1 hour.

*Notes:
So, i never really realized how much 2 2/3 cups sugar is until i saw it all in the bowl….it’s a lot of sugar. it’s kind of funny because i was pretty stoked [if you don’t live near a surfing community stoked just means excited] that it didn’t have any butter. hahaha. Anyway, it tastes great. if i were you i’d leave the bread in the pan after it’s done for a little while.