Enjoy fall flavors year-round with this pumpkin spice bread!
Get ready to fill your home with the smells of the season because we’ve got a favorite fall treat that brings deliciously tasty seasonal ingredients to perfection. Made with 100% clean ingredients, like fresh pumpkin, apples, cinnamon, and flaxseed, this spice bread recipe offers up a hefty dose of SUPERFOODS for maximum nutrition, and it’s VEGAN, too! Enjoy a slice of Pumpkin Spice Bread for breakfast or as an after dinner treat. With only about 85 calories per slice, this is one baked good that won’t do damage to your weight loss program. Pumpkin Spice Bread is also the perfect fall gift for a party host, child’s teacher, or any other individual you want to make smile.
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Pumpkin Spice Bread
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons ground flaxseed
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups turbinado sugar
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 2 cups fresh pumpkin puree or canned pumpkin puree
- 3 cups whole-wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon fresh nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup walnuts chopped
- sprinkles of oats and turbinado sugar for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix together the flaxseed and water until thickened. Combine flax mixture in a large bowl with sugar, applesauce, oil, and pumpkin. In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, spices, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet. Fold in the walnuts. Lightly grease loaf pans.
- Divide into two regular 8 inch loaf pans or four mini loaf pans. If you’d like, sprinkle on some oats or turbinado to garnish. Bake the large loaves for about 55 minutes and the smaller loaves for about 40 minutes. Let sit for 20 minutes before removing from pans.
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I love to bake with pumpkin
So I don't have turbinado sugar. . .can I substitute with regular or brown sugar? (i know, not so healthy :o/, but all i've got on hand)!
I would replace with coconut sugar or honey if you have one of those but yes regular sugar would work.
What are the nutrition facts?
Vanessa, We haven’t calculated the data yet but plan to soon.
this is the best pumpkin bread i have ever made and i make it often-i don't use turbinado sugar as i've never heard of it. the applesauce and coconut oil make this so moist and good.
Bruce, Great! Thanks for the feedback. 🙂
So – how much honey would you use if you were substituting that for the turbinado sugar?
Debbie, Use 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon honey for every cup of sugar. So, for 1/2 cup sugar, just divide those measurements in half. 🙂
Tubinado sugar is just the natural brown sugar- sugar in the raw, as it is sometimes branded.
The picture looks like there are pumpkin seeds on the top of the loaf. Is this correct?
Yes, pumpkin seeds can be used as a garnish.
My daughter has a tree nut allergy but is fine with peanuts or seeds including pine nuts. What would you suggest as a substitution for the walnuts? Thanks
Sharon, Just omit the nuts from the recipe, it’s still delish! 🙂
This looks so good, and I love the idea of only 85 calories per slice! Thanks for sharing!