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A loaf of pumpkin bread on a small wooden board with two slices in front and a cinnamon stick beside it

Healthy Pumpkin Bread Recipe With Less Sugar: Moist, With Whole Wheat

Prep
15 min
Cook
55 min
Cool
30 min
Total
1 h 40 min
Servings
12 slices

A moist pumpkin bread made with canned pumpkin, part whole wheat flour, Greek yogurt and maple syrup instead of a cup of sugar, with USDA numbers for every slice.

Ingredients

  • 1 cupall-purpose flour, 125 g
  • 3/4 cupwhole wheat flour, 90 g
  • 1 tspbaking soda
  • 1/2 tspbaking powder
  • 1 1/2 tspground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tspsalt
  • 1 cupcanned pumpkin puree, 245 g, plain puree, not pie filling
  • 2 largeeggs
  • 1/2 cupplain greek yogurt, 120 g
  • 1/2 cupmaple syrup
  • 1/4 cupolive oil
  • 1 tspvanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Prepare the pan and the ingredients. Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a 9 x 5 inch (23 x 13 cm) loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving a little overhang on the long sides. Measure everything first, so the batter goes together quickly.
    White bowls holding pumpkin puree, flour, Greek yogurt, maple syrup, cinnamon, olive oil, and two eggs
  2. Mix the dry and the wet ingredients. In a large bowl, whisk both flours, the baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. In a second bowl, whisk the pumpkin, eggs, yogurt, maple syrup, olive oil and vanilla until smooth. Pour the wet mixture into the dry one and fold with a spatula just until no dry flour is left.
    A white mixing bowl of smooth orange pumpkin batter with a silicone spatula resting in it
  3. Fill the pan and bake. Scrape the batter into the pan and level the top. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes, until a toothpick in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs but no wet batter. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, lift out by the parchment and cool on a rack for another 15 minutes before slicing.
    A parchment-lined loaf pan filled with orange pumpkin bread batter, smoothed on top

Notes

  • Use plain canned pumpkin puree. Pumpkin pie filling already has sugar and spices, and it changes the recipe.
  • The bake time is a range: ovens differ, so trust the toothpick more than the clock. Cover the loaf loosely with foil if the top browns before the center is set.

Nutrition Facts

Per serving (estimated) : Calories: 163 | Total Carbohydrate: 25 g | Protein: 4 g | Total Fat: 6 g | Sodium: 241 mg

Category: Healthy RecipesAuthor: Alin BCuisine: American