Pumpkin bread

Ingredients

• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
2. Put softened cheese, butter, and sugar in mixing bowl. Cream together well. Beat in eggs one at a time until blended. Mix in pumpkin.
3. In another bowl combine flour, soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and walnuts. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Pour all at once over batter. Stir just enough to moisten. Turn into greased 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 60-70 minutes until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan. Remove to rack to finish cooling.

Banana Bread

1 1/2 cup flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp cloves

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking powder

1 cup sugar

2-3 ripe bananas

1/4 cup butter

2 eggs

1/4 cup chopped walnuts (I made mine without nuts)

In a mixing bowl combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, salt, baking powder.

In another bowl combine sugar, bananas, butter, and eggs; mix well.

Add flour mixture; stir till just combined. Stir in nuts

Pour batter into a greased loaf pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 55-60 min. or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack.

Remove from pan; cool thoroughly on a wire rack.