Warm bread . . .

Lately I have been on this baking spree. I don't know why but I love making this certain kind of sweet bread. The original recipe calls it Harvest Bread but my family has started calling it Christmas Bread because it makes the house smell like Christmas when it's in the oven.

Basically, the bread tastes like pumpkin chocolate chip. It has a cinnamon glaze and it tastes heavenly dipped in hot chocolate.

Recipe:
I love making loaves with this recipe but it will work for muffins too! 
3 1/4 cups Flour
2 tsp. Baking Soda
2 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Nutmeg
1/2 tsp. Ginger
1/4 tsp. Cloves
3/4 cups Vegetable Oil
2 cups Sugar
4 Eggs
2 cups Pumpkin (Canned)
1 1/2 cups Chocolate Chips (I always add more ;) )
Glaze: (Wait until the bread has cooled a little before putting the glaze on)
3 cups Powdered Sugar
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/4 tsp. Nutmeg
1/4 cups Milk

Feel special, this is an Oakcrest Friday bread recipe.

Anyways, the point to all of this is basically how much a sweets can do for someone. I made a ton of this bread over the Christmas break and gave it to people I thought would like it or I thought needed a little boost. If you know of anyone who needs a little pick me up, bake them this bread. I'm not sure if anyone's life was changed or they smiled because of my bread but I would feel loved if someone baked me something like this. I would feel loved if they just asked me how my day was. Simple things will go a long way. This is just one of the ways that try to make the world a little happier.