Healthier Pumpkin Bread (video)
This incredibly moist pumpkin bread is made without any butter or oil. It is soft, not too sweet, and packed with pumpkin flavor and spice.
Tomorrow is the first day of Autumn, so I thought this spiced pumpkin bread would be fitting for the occasion, even though we are still experiencing summer weather here in Ontario. The retail stores are in full gear for Fall and all the food chains are serving pumpkin spice everything.
The texture is this bread is soft, spongy, and super moist for something made without any butter or oil. The secret is the Greek yogurt in this recipe, and the pumpkin puree also contributes to the softness of the bread. It is full of pumpkin flavor, and warm notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. It’s a lovely and very fragrant pumpkin bread that is not too sweet.
Healthier Pumpkin Bread (video)
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 - 9x5" loaf
Description
This incredibly moist pumpkin bread is made without any butter or oil. It is soft, not too sweet, and packed with pumpkin flavor and spice.
Ingredients
- 1&1/2 cups (190g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp (5g) baking soda
- 2 tsp (4g) pumpkin spice (or 1tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg & 1/2 tsp cloves)
- pinch of salt
- 1&1/2 cups (300g) sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup (123g) Greek yogurt (plain or vanilla)
- 1 cup (243g) canned pure pumpkin
- 1/2 cup (50g) chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 9×5″ loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, toss together the flour, baking soda, pumpkin spice and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, yogurt and pumpkin.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until just combined.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan and sprinkle with chopped walnuts if desired.
- Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 60 min
- Category: dessert, breakfast, snack
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: low-fat pumpkin bread recipe, easy pumpkin bread, moist pumpkin bread
17 Comments on “Healthier Pumpkin Bread (video)”
Can I substitute sour cream for Greek yogurt
Yes, you can and I hope you enjoy the bread!
Wow, the comments from all the other reviewers were right about it being moist! I ran out of baking soda so I substituted with 4 tsp of baking powder and it turned out fine. I also halved the sugar to my personal liking. This is for sure the best healthy pumpkin bread recipe I’ve tried! Thank you for sharing this!
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You’re very welcome, Kiki! I’m glad you liked it so much, and thank you for your kind words:)
I can’t believe this recipe has no butter or oil in it yet its so moist. Perfect amount of spice and pumpkin flavor too – love it!
★★★★★
I’m glad, thank you for your feedback!
My sister baked this pumpkin bread for my family over the holidays and I loved it so much that I asked her for the recipe and she sent me this link. Thank you for your amazing recipe!
★★★★★
You’re very welcome and enjoy the pumpkin bread!
No no!! I’m trying not to think about fall!! And now this bread!! 🙂 Looks delish and Happy FF!
Mollie
thanks Mollie:)
Wow Lily I just love the looks of this bread! Sharing!
Thanks Julie, much appreciated!
A wonderful way to welcome fall! Your pumpkin bread looks very moist and must have made your whole house smell wonderful. Beautifully staged.
Thanks Johanne, the house did smell heavenly:)
OMG… Lily!! This pumpkin bread was delicious! So moist!!! Thanks for sharing it!!
★★★★★
Hi Lily, your pumpkin bread looks wonderful. It makes me very excited for fall; have a good week 🙂
Thanks and you too:)