Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Filling

INGREDIENTS

all purpose flour   3½ cups
baking soda   2 tbsp.
 salt      ½ tsp.
cinnamon    2 tsp
nutmeg    1 tsp
sugar  3 cup 
vegetable oil    1 cup 
eggs     4
water        1 cup 
pumpkin     2 cups  grated

Filling

cream cheese   8 ounces  softened
egg         1
sugar     ½ cup 
pecans    ½ cup chopped ( or use walnuts/ almonds)

METHOD

Mix filling ingredients in order listed and set aside.
Sift dry ingredients together. Mix pumpkin, water, oil and eggs together. Pour into dry mixture and mix well. Pour ½ of batter into 2 greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pans. Next pour a layer of filling in each pan (using all of the filling). Finish topping with remaining bread batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean.
Cool before removing from pans.