PUMPKIN CREAM CHEESE BREAD - (LIGHTENED UP)

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread - (lightened up) image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 15

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Pumpkin Bread
2 cups canned pumpkin
3 eggs
1 egg whites
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 t baking soda
2 t pumpkin pie spice
Cream Cheese filling
8 oz reduced fat cream cheese (room temperature or softened slightly)
4 tbsp sugar
1 egg
2 tsp flour
1 tsp vanilla

Steps:

Yields 8 mini loaves or 2 regular
Preheat oven to 350
Prepare one mini loaf pan (it should hold 8 loaves) or 2 9x5 loaf pans with nonstick spray.
For Bread Layers
In the bowl of your stand mixer or hand mixer combine pumpkin, eggs and egg white until smooth.In a separate medium bowl whisk together flour, sugars, baking soda & pumpkin pie spice. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet mixing until just smooth, set aside.
For Cream Cheese Layer
In another bowl either for your stand mixer or hand mixer combine all ingredients until smooth.
Bread Assembly
Pour or spoon half of the pumpkin bread mixture into the bottom of the mini loaf pan or the large loaf pan.
Evenly divide the cream cheese mixture over the pumpkin bread mixture and smooth out using the back of a spoon.
Pour the remaining pumpkin bread mixture over the cream cheese mixture, covering as much as you can.
Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Let cool for about 10-15 minutes and then remove from the pans