Lion House Pumpkin Bread

You definitely wouldn't be able to add this recipe to any holiday diet menu :), but it's fantastic!

1 1/3 cups vegetable oil
5 eggs
1 16-ounce can pumpkin
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 t. salt
1 t. ground cinnamon
1 t. ground nutmeg
1 t. baking soda
2 3-ounce packages instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup chocolate chips or chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine oil, eggs, and pumpkin in a large mixing bowl and beat well. In a separate bowl sift together flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and baking soda. Add to pumpkin mixture and mix until blended. Stir in pudding mix and choco chips or nuts. Pour into a greased 4 ½ x 8 inch loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour. Makes 2 loaves. Or you can make 8 mini loaves and just decrease cooking time to about 35 minutes.