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THE BEST PUMPKIN BREAD

Best Pumpkin Bread that is made with canned pumpkin, vanilla and butterscotch pudding mixes. This deliciously moist pumpkin quick bread recipe is also topped with a delicious cream cheese glaze!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Course: bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: best pumpkin bread
Servings: 24 servings
Calories: 208kcal
Author: Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

  • 15 oz can pumpkin
  • 6 eggs lightly beaten
  • ⅔ cup cinnamon applesauce  or you can use regular applesauce and add 1 tsp cinnamon to the batter
  • ½ cup oil
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 sm. box 3 oz cook and serve vanilla pudding
  • 1 sm. box 3 oz cook and serve butterscotch pudding
  • 1 Tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt

Cream Cheese Glaze

  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 3 Tbsp milk plus more if needed for desired consistency

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°.
  • In a large bowl whisk together the pumpkin, eggs, applesauce and oil.  
  • In another large bowl, mix together all of the other ingredients.  Stir the pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture just until combined.  
  • Pour the mixture into greased loaf pans.  You can either make two large loaves or five 5.75X3 inch pans.  I actually made one large loaf and two smaller ones and it worked out great.  Bake for 55-60 minutes (larger pans) or 40-45 minutes (smaller pans), or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  
  • Place the pans on a wire rack for about 10 minutes before removing the loaves from pans.  Cool completely on wire racks and then drizzle with the cream cheese glaze if desired.
  • To make the Cream Cheese Glaze, beat cream cheese with an electric mixer for 1-2 minutes and then add powdered sugar. Mix well for about a minute and then add the milk, mixing on low speed until smooth. If you need to thin the glaze a bit in order to drizzle it, add a little more milk and mix until you have the perfect consistency. I just drizzled mine with a spoon but you could put it in a squeeze bottle too.
  • Slice and serve the bread!

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Nutrition

Calories: 208kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 150mg | Potassium: 117mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 22g | Vitamin A: 2888IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg