Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread

I have been making this bread for the last few years every fall. This is my friend Danielle's recipe and it's really good!


Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread
(makes 2 loaves)

Ingredients: 
Filling-
1 8oz package of cream cheese (room temp)
1/2 c sugar
1 Tbls flour
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla

Bread-
1 2/3 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 1/4 c pumpkin
1/2 c canola oil
2 eggs
1 1/2 c sugar

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease 2 bread pans.
2. Use mixer to mix filling ingredients. Set aside
3. Mix batter ingredients in a separate bowl.
4. Pour 1/2 batter into pans
5. Spoon cream cheese mixture over batter and add remaining batter. Swirl with fork.
6. Bake 55-60 minutes. Allow bread to cool before removing from pans.

Enjoy!!