Dazzling Christmas Bread Recipe

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Place butter and sugar in a large bowl.
3. Cream together until light and fluffy.
4. Add one egg at a time, mixing well between additions.
5. In a smaller bowl fold together flour, baking soda, salt, 1 tsp of cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg and ginger.
6. Stir in half of the flour mixture into the sugar mixture slowly.
7. Add 1/2 of the pumpkin puree to mixture and stir.
8. Slowly add remaining flour mixture.
9. Stir in rest of the pumpkin puree.
10. Add 3/4 C of pecans and stir gently.
11. Using a rubber spatula fold in chocolate chips.
12. Grease and lightly flour a loaf pan.
13. Place bread mixture into loaf pan.
14. Sprinkle with remaining pecan pieces.
15. Bake 1 hour or until knife comes out clean.
16. To make the icing place confectioners' sugar into a mixing bowl.
17. Stir in heavy cream.
18. Add cinnamon and nutmeg.
19. Continue to stir until smooth.
20. Place icing on bread once bread has cooled.