Recipe: Pumpkin Bread

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This pumpkin bread can easily be used as pre-workout fuel, as a component of breakfast or topped with a little nut butter for snack.

Pumpkin is a versatile food and rich source of vitamin A, antioxidants and fiber. This pumpkin bread can easily be used as pre-workout fuel, as a component of breakfast or topped with a little nut butter for snack. Quick and easy to make, this homemade recipe has a much better balance of nutrients than the pumpkin bread you'll find prepared at the store or coffee shop.

Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients:

 

  • 3 Tbsp flaxseed meal

  • 1 cup water

  • 1 cup pumpkin, canned

  • 1/3 cup maple syrup

  • 1/4 cup brown sugar

  • 3 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 1/2 tsp baking powder

  • 1 tsp cinnamon, ground

  • 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

  • 1/4 tsp salt

  • 1/2 cup almond milk, unsweetened

  • 1 cup whole-wheat flour

  • 1/3 cup oat flour

  • 1/4 cup dried cherries

 

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350.

  2. Make flax egg by mixing flaxseed meal with water and letting it sit for 5 minutes. Then add maple syrup, pumpkin, brown sugar, and oil. Stir.

  3. Add baking soda, baking powder, spices, and salt. Stir. Then add almond milk and stir again.

  4. Add oat and whole-wheat flour and stir.

  5. Add dried fruit.

  6. Pour into lightly greased loaf pan.

  7. Bake until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean - about 50-60 minutes.

Makes 9 servings:

1 serving = 197 calories, 3g protein, 33g carbohydrates, 6g fat, 495mg sodium

Health Wellness, Weight ManagementBethany Villarreal