Adult Pumpkin Bread with Apple Sauce Recipe
Moist, old-fashioned pumpkin bread loaded with pumpkin puree, apple sauce and spices. It's topped with an optional sugar crust. The Apple Brandy is also optional.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time1 hour hr
Total Time1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Course: Breakfast / Brunch
Cuisine: American
Keyword: pumpkin bread
Servings: 8
Calories: 308.2kcal
Author: Susan Pridmore
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup coconut palm sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1 cup pumpkin puree or make your own
- ½ cup coconut oil
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup apple sauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 - 3 tablespoons Calvados or any Apple Brandy optional and according to taste
- 1 tablespoon turbinado or raw sugar optional
Preheat the oven to 350 ˚F. Butter a loaf pan.
Whisk together the flour, coconut palm sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
Melt the coconut oil in the microwave. It just takes about 15 seconds with mine. Using a large balloon whisk or a standing mixer, combine the pumpkin, coconut oil, eggs, apple sauce, vanilla extract and Apple Brandy (if using) together until all of the ingredients are well mixed.
Add the dry ingredients by folding them in with a spatula until completely incorporated into the wet ingredients. The batter will be thick. Pour into the buttered loaf pan and sprinkle with the turbinado sugar (for crunch).
Bake on the center rack for one hour, or until a testing probe can be inserted in the middle and come out clean. Allow to cool in the loaf pan for 10 minutes before removing.
To remove, run a knife all around the edges and turn it upside down. It's really that easy.
Calories: 308.2kcal | Carbohydrates: 40.8g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 11.7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.3g | Trans Fat: 0.004g | Cholesterol: 40.9mg | Sodium: 258.6mg | Potassium: 129.8mg | Fiber: 2.1g | Sugar: 17.4g | Vitamin A: 4830.8IU | Vitamin C: 1.5mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 2.2mg