Vegan Pumpkin Bread

The holiday season would not be complete without dessert. I mean really, dinner is just a hurdle to get to the good stuff, right? But while desserts taste SO GOOD, they can also be SO BAD! Often high in sugar, calories, & fat, your body will not be thanking you later. Denying yourself the pleasure of desserts though is not necessary. When you have a recipe like the one I will be sharing with you, you can enjoy it all you want…. & free of guilt! This holiday season I will be making a moist pumpkin bread that is both gluten-free & vegan and one of my favorite desserts for the fall/winter season!

VEGAN PUMPKIN BREAD. 

Prep Time:  15 minutes

Cook Time:  50 minutes

What you will need:

• 1 1/3 cups brown rice flour
• 1/2 cup potato starch
• 1/4 cup tapioca starch
• 1/4 cup buckwheat flour
• 2 tsp xanthan
• 2 tsp gluten free baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup coconut palm sugar
• 1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F
2. Lightly grease and flour 1 bread tin
3. In a medium sized bowl, combine the flours, starches, xanthan, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Set aside.
4. In your stand mixer bowl, combine the sugar, pumpkin, oil, maple syrup, water and vanilla and mix on a low speed until combined
5. Slowly add the flour mixture until all is just combined. It actually becomes smooth quite quickly.
6. Pour batter into your bread loaf tin 2/3 of the way. ** You will have about 2/3 of batter left over. I make 6 mini muffins with them!
7. Bake the bread for 45-55 minutes, or until firm to the touch. Bake the left over muffins for about 20-25 minutes.
8. Let the loaf and mini muffins cool for 10 minutes before popping them out

Notes:

• This bread freezes well!
• All of these ingredients might not be at your local grocery store but you can definitely find them at Whole Foods! 
• This pumpkin bread is so perfect because it can be enjoyed at any time of the day and will be a hit at any dinner party you have!

I hope you enjoy this pumpkin bread as much as I do! Share with friends and family even though you will want to eat the whole loaf yourself! (I'm most certainly guilty of this one…)