Pumpkin Ribbon Bread

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FILLING:
2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tablespoon flour
1 egg
2 teaspoons grated orange peel

BREAD:
1 cup cooked pumpkin
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped pecans

For filling, beat cream cheese, sugar and flour together in small bowl.
Add egg, mix to blend.
Stir in orange peel; set aside.

Make bread by combining pumpkin, oil and eggs in large bowl.
Add sugar, salt, cloves, cinnamon, flour, baking soda and pecans.
Mix to blend.

Pour 1/4 of batter into two greased and floured 7-1/2 x 3-1/2 x 3-inch loaf pans.
Carefully spread the cream cheese mixture over batter.
Add remaining batter, covering filling.
Bake at 325 degrees for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until bread tests done with toothpick.
(Most times bread is finished within 1 hour).
Cool 10 minutes before removing from pans.
Store in refrigerator.