Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

I like to add crystallized ginger to this. My kids prefer it without. Either way, your house will smell amazing.

1 1/2 sticks butter
1 cup Sucanat
1 cup granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 (15-oz) can pumpkin
3 c white whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
3/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/3 c milk
2 tsp vanilla
3/4 c miniature chocolate chips
1/4 c crystallized ginger
2 Tbsp sanding sugar

Cream butter and sugars together until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then pumpkin, beating until incorporated. Add dry ingredients (batter will be stiff), then milk and vanilla to loosen. Divide between two buttered loaf pans. Sprinkle with sanding sugar. Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until done. Cool at least 10 minutes in pans before removing. Slice when cool.