By: Norah Hoglund and Max Cahoon

Pumpkin bread is a great option for breakfast; it isn’t too hard to make and lasts throughout the week. This recipe is healthy and delicious. We tried out this recipe because we both love to bake things, we both love bread, and to see if it’s good enough to recommend to anyone. This recipe is from my mom, and we already know it tastes good because she makes it a lot.

Review

Taste

This bread has really good and savory flavors; you can taste the fresh pumpkin flavor and the hint of cinnamon in it from the first bite. The chocolate chips add a great texture, color, and taste to the bread allowing people who want it as a treat to enjoy it too.

The texture of the bread itself is crispy and flakey on the top but once you bite inside you feel the softness of the bread and the melted chocolate chips slice through your teeth like butter.

We know a lot of people that don’t enjoy the flavor of pumpkin but this recipe has a great pumpkin flavor mixed with all of its other ingredients which makes it even more delicious.

Also, for anyone worried about how unhealthy it may be and the calories, this recipe has 1 scoop of protein powder making it gym rat friendly and can help maximize your gains in the gym.

From the sweet but salty flavor and the crispy but soft texture, we rate this recipe a 9/10. Easily one of the best loafs of bread we have ever tried and highly recommend it to anyone that loves a sweet and salty treat or breakfast item.

Baking

This recipe is very forgiving and easy to make. It doesn’t matter what order you put the ingredients in, so you don’t have to worry about it. It takes less than 10 minutes to mix up, and you just have to let it bake for an hour. It is a very quick and easy recipe for the wintertime to have as a snack or breakfast or to have it anytime you want.

Some tips for this recipe would be if you like your bread soft all around we would recommend 55 minutes inside the oven, if you like a perfect in between we’d recommend 1 hour and 5 minutes, and if you like it very crispy we’d recommend 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Overall

This recipe is overall very very tasty and a really good recipe for pumpkin bread. It is easy to make and has healthy ingredients, especially as compared to some other recipes with a lot of sugar. We rate this recipe a 10/10.

Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 stick butter, soft
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 C coconut sugar
• 1/2 C almond flour
• 1 + 3/4 C flour
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/2 t salt
• 1 scoop protein powder (we use Equip, unflavored)
• 1-2 t pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon
• 1/2 C chocolate chips, nuts, or raisins

Instructions

Blend all ingredients together, in any order. Stir in chocolate chips, nuts, and/or raisins. (We decided to use just chocolate chips; it’s completely up to you!)

Pour into a parchment-lined large loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 1 hour (see notes above about other baking times).

Test with a toothpick – may need 5 more minutes. Let cool and enjoy!

Notes

This recipe also makes an EXCELLENT banana bread – just omit the pumpkin and add 3 soft, overripe bananas. We use 1 tsp vanilla instead of the pie spice, but many people like to keep the spice in – totally up to you!