Chocolate Almond Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

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

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray the inside of a 9×5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
2. 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.
3. 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.