Best Pumpkin Bread
Super easy and versatile recipe that makes 2 large loaves. You can use the batter to make a classic pumpkin bread, pumpkin chocolate chip bread, and even a pumpkin swirl bread with a sweet cream cheese filling.
Servings: 18 Servings
Calories: 264kcal
Ingredients
- 15 ounce can pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie mix
- 4 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Applesauce
- 1/2 cup Oil
- 2/3 cup Water
- 1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
- 1 1/2 cups Granulated Sugar
- 3 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Prepare 2 large, 9X5, loaf pans by spraying with cooking spray. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom of each pan. Lay parchment paper in bottom and long sides of the pan. Spray with cooking spray again.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, and spices in a small bowl and whisk, then set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, mix together pumpkin, eggs, oil, applesauce, and water. Mix in sugars and beat until incorporated.
- Add the dry ingredients, mix just until moistened and no flour is visible.
- Pour the batter into the pans.
- Bake at 350° for 60 to 80 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of both loaves comes out clean.
- Allow loaves to cool at least 30 minutes before attempting to remove from pan.
Notes
- Oil can be substituted for the applesauce. Oil and applesauce can be substituted with all butter.
- You can use all white sugar or all brown sugar, I prefer a combination.
- If using 3 smaller bread pans, 8X4, start checking with a toothpick after 40 minutes. For mini loaf pans and muffin tins, start checking after 15 minutes.
- Nuts and/or chocolate chips can be added. Start with about a cup, mix them in. If you want more, just add them until you reach the amount you prefer.
- Mix 8 ounces of softened cream cheese with 1/2 cup of sugar until smooth.
- Beat in 2 large eggs until creamy.
- Stir in 1/3 cup flour until well combined.
- Alternate layers of the cream cheese mix and pumpkin batter in the pan, use 3 layers of pumpkin and 2 layers of cream cheese, starting and ending with pumpkin. You can have 2 pumpkin layers and 1 cream cheese layer in the middle for a thicker ribbon. Remember not to swirl the middle cream cheese layer if you are only using 1 layer.
- Bake for 80 to 100 minutes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 264kcal | Carbohydrates: 47.5g | Protein: 3.7g | Fat: 7.3g | Saturated Fat: 1.2g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 215mg | Fiber: 1.5g | Sugar: 30g