Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bread
This Whole Wheat Walnut Pumpkin Bread with maple glaze is a fall favorite. Stir in your favorite nuts or chocolate chips for a delicious quick bread recipe that is moist with a healthy twist.
Servings: 10 slices
Calories: 399kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- ½ cup canola oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ¼ cups pumpkin puree
- 1 cup milk
- 2 ½ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts (2.2 ounces) plus more for the top
For the glaze:
- ½ cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
Make the bread:
- Heat oven to 350ºF. Grease a large loaf pan (9 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches) with cooking spray, and line with a strip of parchment if desired. Alternatively spray and line 4 mini loaf pans.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together the brown sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs until smooth. Add the pumpkin puree and milk and whisk until combined.
- In another bowl stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pie spice and cinnamon.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and whisk together just until mixed. Stir in the walnuts.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and top the center of the loaf with extra walnuts.
- Bake for 1 hour, until bread springs back when touched on the top and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. (If baking mini loaf pans, bake 32 to 35 minutes.)
- Let cool about 15 minutes in the pan then remove to cool completely on a rack.
Make the glaze:
- Stir together the confectioners' sugar, maple syrup and cinnamon. Add a little water to make a glaze consistency. When bread is cool, drizzle with glaze.
Notes
- Make Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread! Swap the walnuts for 1 cup chocolate chips. Then top the loaf with a few extra chocolate chips.
- Note that this recipe calls for pure pumpkin puree and not canned pumpkin pie filling.
- If you can't find pumpkin pie spice where you live, you can make it yourself using a blend of allspice, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. There are lots of recipes online!
- Recipe makes 5 cups of batter. Great for diving into mini loaf pans.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.05g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 257mg | Potassium: 349mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 4858IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 111mg | Iron: 2mg
