Almond Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

• 1 1/3 cups white sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 tablespoons molasses
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 cup toasted almond slices, divided
• 1/2 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips, divided

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
2. Beat sugar, pumpkin, vegetable oil, eggs, and molasses together in a large bowl. Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon, and ground ginger together in another bowl. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and stir until batter is well-combined.
3. Stir 2/3 of the almonds and 3/4 of the chocolate chips into batter. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan; sprinkle remaining almonds and remaining chocolate chips over the top of the loaf.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

white sugar, pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, eggs, molasses, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, almond slices, chocolate chips

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/239279/almond-chocolate-chip-pumpkin-bread/ (may not work)