Cream Cheese-Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups canned unsweetened pumpkin
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2/3 cup water
• 4 large eggs
• Cream Cheese Filling

Preparation

1. Stir together 3 1/2 cups flour, sugar, and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Whisk together pumpkin and next 3 ingredients; add to flour mixture, whisking just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon 3 cups of batter into each of 2 greased and floured 9- x 5-inch loaf pans. Spoon Cream Cheese Filling evenly over batter. Spoon remaining batter evenly over Cream Cheese Filling.
2. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of bread comes out clean. Let cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack.