Chocolate Almond Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped toasted almonds

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray the inside of a 9×5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, and baking powder together in a large bowl. Add pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, water, and eggs; beat until well incorporated and smooth. Gently stir in chocolate chips and almonds. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean, 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling.