Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread

4.43 from 7 votes

This gluten free Pumpkin Bread is soft, moist and the best healthy fall dessert. So good with cream cheese frosting!

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Total Time1

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Breads, loaves and muffins

Servings: slices

Ingredients

For the pumpkin bread:

1 + ¾ cups pumpkin puree
2 eggs
½ cup maple syrup
3 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2.5 cups gluten free oats
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt

For the frosting:

½ cup light cream cheese softened
2-3 tablespoon tbsp plain yogurt
2 tablespoon honey
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 F and grease a 8-½ x 4-½ x 2-½ inch pan.
In a high powered blender combine pumpkin, eggs, maple syrup, milk and vanilla extract, pulse the blender until smooth (about 3-5 times). Add in the oats, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon baking soda, baking powder and salt. Blend until everything is mixed. You may need to use a spoon or spatula to gently stir periodically to ensure everything gets blended. Blending the wet ingredients FIRST is highly recommended to avoid over mixing the eggs (if the eggs are over mixed they will sink to the bottom and create an egg-y texture and taste.)
Once smooth, pour batter into the loaf pan. Bake for 10 minutes at 400F, reduce the temperature to 350F (do not open the oven in between- this helps the bread rise) and bake for an additional 40- 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Allow to cool before topping with frosting and slicing.
To make frosting, beat together cream cheese, yogurt, honey, and vanilla extract

Notes

Oats can be replaced with 2 cups of pre-blended oat flour.

To make pumpkin banana bread: ¾ cup of canned pumpkin and ¼ cup of maple syrup can be replaced with 1 medium ripe mashed banana

Pumpkin pie filling can replace the canned pumpkin however please note this will result in much sweeter bread.

For best results when blending, add the wet ingredients FIRST before adding the oats.

*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don't forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.

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