Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread Recipe
My cousin Maddie shared this Half-Baked Harvest recipe with me years ago and making it has become a favorite Fall tradition. I’ve tweaked it to my liking over time and I hope to yours, too.
Ingredients
1/2 cup pumpkin butter
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup melted salted butter
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
2 large eggs at room temperature
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp + 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350°. Grease a (9x5 inch) bread pan (I like to use a spray butter).
In a large mixing bowl, stir together the pumpkin butter (praise Trader Joe’s), pumpkin puree, melted butter, maple syrup, eggs, and vanilla until combined. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and salt, mix until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Transparently — the original recipe only calls for 1/2 tsp of cinnamon in this step, but I once used the entire 1 tsp + 1 tbsp (meant for the sprinkle) by accident and realized that while I don’t need *that* much extra cinnamon, I do need extra cinnamon. I also double the amount of chocolate chips using half semi-sweet + half dark, and my 1/4 teaspoons on the other spices are pretty heaping, too. Do with that what you will.
In a bowl, combine the granulated sugar with the remaining 1 tablespoon of cinnamon.
Spoon half the pumpkin batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar, reserving 2 tablespoons of sugar for topping the loaf. Add the remaining batter over the sugar. Run a knife down the center of the loaf 1-2 times to gently swirl the sugar. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon sugar over top of the batter.
Transfer to the oven and bake for 55-65 minutes, or until the center is just set. I usually cover the bread with foil at the 30 minute mark to prevent the top from burning.
Note: This year, I made muffins instead of the bread loaf and they were actually life changing. If you want to try that route, just sprinkle the cinnamon + sugar on top (you’ll only need about half the amount the recipe calls for) and bake for 15ish minutes. Enjoy!
Heard this song in a coffee shop last week and remembered the way it tugs at my heart.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Therapy speak of a certain kind has the word ‘self’ in front of everything — self-awareness, self-realization, self-fulfillment, self-care, self-image. I think that it’s probably time to put the ‘other’ back in the picture, too.”
From this article that popped up on my radar recently where Esther Perel’s words spoke loudly.
I’m welcoming in Fall with a little reading — my friend Emily gifted me this book last Christmas and every season it’s reminded me how I am the Earth.