Vegan Pumpkin Spice Bread

It's pumpkin season, and this vegan pumpkin spice bread tastes just like Fall! For those who love the pumpkin spice craze, you'll love this pumpkin spice bread recipe.

When the leaves start to fall and the wind gets colder, it's pumpkin season. Since moving to Arizona, the fall season has changed from my years in Michigan. But the leaves still fall, and the air gets cooler; it's still sunny and beautiful every day. Even though we live out west, the pumpkin craze is just as crazy here as it is in the colder climates. And nothing tastes better than warm pumpkin spice bread.

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Fall is one of my favorite seasons, so I love to bake with pumpkins, squash, and apples. The color changes are beautiful, and I LOVE soups and warm slices of bread, and all the comfort foods of Fall. So tonight, I decided to welcome Fall with a hot and spicy pumpkin bread when we returned from our fall trip to Aspen, Colorado, to see the colors.

You don't need oil, butter, or eggs to bake homemade savory baked goods. Instead, a combination of lemon juice and non-dairy milk provides the "eggs and oil" in typical loaves of bread. Another alternative to eggs is unsweetened apple sauce. 

Recipe Ingredients

Once you learn how to bake without oil, butter, and eggs, the process is easy. As a result, pumpkin spice bread is more healthy and less of a guilty pleasure. 

• Plant Milk of Choice: I used oat milk because I love its creaminess.
• Lemon Juice: I always use fresh lemon juice whenever possible for the fresh citrus flavor.
• Organic Canned Pumpkin: If you're buying a can of the pumpkin off the shelf, you should know that it's not made from the same orange jack-o'-lantern pumpkins you carve, or even their daintier, sweeter cousins, sugar pumpkins (also known as pie pumpkins). Canned pumpkin is squash.
• Brown Sugar: I use Sri Sri Tattva. Organic Brown Sugar is one of the best forms of natural sugar, which is rich in nutrients like iron and calcium.
• Pure Maple Syrup: I love using maple syrup as an alternative to adding sugar.
• Vanilla Extract: Vanilla, in its pure form, combines vanilla bean extract, water, and glycerin. A typical vanilla extract, however, combines vanilla bean extract, water, and a sufficient amount of alcohol. The glycerin is not present in vanilla extract.
• Pumpkin Pie Spice: Pumpkin spice (a.k.a. pumpkin pie spice) is an aromatic blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Sometimes allspice is included. You can buy the spice blend at the store or use ingredients you already have on hand to make DIY pumpkin spice.
• Nutmeg: First, nutmeg is not one spice but two; mace is derived from the nutmeg fruit, as it is the outer covering of the nutmeg seed.
• Whole Wheat Flour: Whole wheat contains the entire grain, including the fibrous husk, bran, and endosperm. Conversely, regular wheat is stripped of the husk and bran, which are loaded with nutrients: antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber.
• Baking Soda: Baking soda is a leavening agent used in baked goods like cakes, muffins, and cookies.
• Baking Powder: Baking powder is used as a leavening agent in baked goods.

Recipe Ingredient Substitutions

• Any unsweetened, unflavored plant milk works for this vegan pumpkin spice bread recipe.
• Use bottled lemon juice when fresh lemon juice isn't available.
• Roast fresh pumpkin as an alternative to canned pumpkin.
• To get 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice, use ¾ teaspoon cinnamon and ¼ teaspoon ginger, allspice, cloves, or nutmeg, whatever you have! If you have two of the above spices, use ½ teaspoon of cinnamon and ¼ teaspoon of whichever two spices you have.
• Mace is the best option if you're looking for a replacement for nutmeg.
• Oat flour is an excellent substitute for whole wheat flour and is a gluten-free option.

Furthermore, a non-stick pan, such as a silicone loaf pan, prevents sticking.

Another way to avoid sticking without cooking spray is to line the pan with parchment paper.

Once baked, the bread comes out of the pan by lifting the parchment paper. 

Baking the Bread

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Grease or spray a standard bread pan or a silicone pan without cooking spray or oil. Or, line a baking pan with parchment paper.
• Whisk non-dairy milk and lemon juice together until bubbly and set aside.
• In a medium-sized mixing bowl, cream pumpkin, sugar, maple syrup, and extract together.
• Whisk pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, flour, soda, and baking powder together in a large bowl.
• Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and stir until just combined.
• Pour into the bread pan, using a spatula to distribute and smooth the top evenly.
• Place on the middle rack
• Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes clean.
• Remove the pumpkin bread and place it on a serving plate.

The pumpkin bread lasts less than an hour in my kitchen, and it never even gets to cool down properly. That makes it a win! But, if your family isn't as hungry and zealous as mine, pumpkin spice bread lasts about four days. Freezing is also an option. 

Recipe FAQs

Tips

• Using a silicone bread pan allows for oil-free cooking without using cooking spray.
• Line a bread pan with parchment paper as another option if you don't have a silicone bread pan.
• Do not over-stir the batter; combine the ingredients.
• Another option is substituting maple syrup in your recipe, which calls for brown sugar. It is best to use darker maple syrup, like a Grade B, but any maple syrup will work. The ratio here is ¾ C of maple syrup for every 1 C of brown sugar.
• To check if the bread is done, insert a knife through the center. If it comes out clean, the bread is done.
• Allow the bread to cool completely before removing it from the pan and slicing it.
• Try spreading raspberry chia seed jam on top of the pumpkin spice bread for a wonderful breakfast.
• Or serve with Chia Pudding!

Enjoy pumpkin spice season while it lasts with this tasty began pumpkin spice bread!

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