Best Healthy Pumpkin Bread Recipes

APRICOT-PUMPKIN BREAD PUDDING, DIABETIC/HEART HEALTHY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
• Coat a 2-quart square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• In the prepared baking dish, combine bread cubes and dried apricots; set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine milk, pumpkin, egg, sugar, and cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice.
• Slowly pour pumpkin mixture over bread mixture in baking dish.
• Gently press bread mixture down into liquid to moisten.
• Let stand for 15 minutes.
• Bake, uncovered, for 45 to 50 minutes or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool slightly; serve warm.
• If desired, serve with dessert topping. Makes 9 servings.

HEALTHY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Combine flour, wheat germ, chocolate chips, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger in a large bowl.
• Mix applesauce, pumpkin, and sugar together in a small bowl. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients; mix until well combined. Transfer to the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.

HEALTHY CRANBERRY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the raisins, cranberries and orange juice. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 5 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. In a small bowl, combine the pumpkin, cranberry sauce and molasses. Beat in the eggs, oil and vanilla until blended. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in the pecans, orange zest and raisin mixture. , Transfer to two 8x4-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

VEGAN PUMPKIN BREAD HEALTHY AND TASTY

Steps:

• 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, bvaking powder, and salt.
• Stir the dry ingredients into the wet. Fold in the walnuts. Lightly grease lof pans. Divide tinto 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 the pans.

HEALTHY VEGAN PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add pumpkin, cover, and steam until fully cooked, 35 to 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with olive oil.
• Place chia seeds in a blender; add hot water and let sit for 5 minutes.
• Scoop flesh out of pumpkin halves and add to blender. Add crystallized sugar cane juice and agave nectar to blender; blend until pumpkin mixture is very smooth.
• Mix spelt flour, brown rice flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves together in a bowl. Fold pumpkin mixture and walnuts into flour mixture until batter is just mixed; spoon into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

"HEALTHY" PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees, and grease whatever pan you will use. Next, mix together apple sauce, agave nectar, olive oil, eggs, in a stand mixer using the flat beater (or by hand) and let set. Next, whisk together dry ingredients in a seperate bowl. With the flat beater on a low setting, slowly mix the dry ingredients into the liquid mixture. Finally add the pumpkin, mix for a few moments more, and then the chocolate chips and mix a minute more. Pour into greased pan and cook for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

HEALTHY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• In large bowl, combine pumpkin, sugars, water, applesauce, and eggs. Beat until well mixed.
• Combine flours, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices in a separate bowl. Stir until combined.
• Slowly add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture. Stir until well combined.
• Grease a 9x5 loaf pan and dust with flour. Pour batter into pan.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until cooked through and golden brown.
• Cool for 5 minutes and remove from pan. Cool on cooling rack until fully cooled.