This pumpkin bread is everything you want in a cozy fall bake. It’s soft, tender, and full of warm cinnamon and pumpkin spice, with walnuts and pecans baked right into it. But the real magic is the crunchy pecan and walnut streusel on top, finished with a sweet maple glaze that sinks into all those craggy bits. It’s the kind of pumpkin bread that makes your kitchen smell amazing and has you reaching for another slice.
Looking for more pumpkin recipes? Try these pumpkin cake cookies, pumpkin cream cheese cinnamon rolls or 20 minute pumpkin ravioli.
Maple Pumpkin Crunch Bread
This pumpkin bread is soft, tender, and full of warm cinnamon and pumpkin spice, with walnuts and pecans baked right into it. But the real magic is the crunchy pecan and walnut streusel on top, finished with a sweet maple glaze that sinks into all those craggy bits.
Ingredients
Batter
- 6 tbsp neutral flavored oil (82 grams)
- ¾ c dark brown sugar
- ¼ c cane sugar
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- ½ c buttermilk
- ¾ c pumpkin puree (measured as a dry ingredient)
- 2 ¼ c all purpose flour
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ c pecans, chopped
- ½ c walnuts, chopped
Streusel
- ¼ c pecans, chopped
- ¼ c walnuts, chopped
- 4 tbsp butter, softened
- ¼ c dark brown sugar
- ½ c flour + 2 tbsp
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- Pinch salt
Maple Glaze
- ½ c powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large bowl whisk together the sunflower oil, brown sugar, cane sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, buttermilk and pumpkin puree until smooth.
- Sift (or whisk) together the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon. Add the dry ingredients to the wet, mix until almost combined then add the nuts. Stir.
- Make the streusel by using your hands to mix everything together.
- Line a 1 ¼ lb loaf pan with parchment paper. Add the batter and top with the streusel.
- Bake for 400 degrees for 10 minutes then reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake for an addition 50-60 minutes, once a toothpick comes out clean. If the top starts browning too quickly, loosely tent with foil the remainder of the bake.
- Once removed from the oven, cool.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 308Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 4gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 50mgSodium: 438mgCarbohydrates: 38gFiber: 2gSugar: 9gProtein: 6g
This information comes from online calculators. Although moderncrumb.com attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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