One Bowl Pumpkin Bread

The BEST Pumpkin Bread you will ever have. Easy, one bowl, delicious.

Clearly I’m all aboard the pumpkin train. I may be driving the train, actually. It’s halfway through September, and I already have two pumpkin recipes posted and another one on my radar in the near future. It’s Fall, my favorite time of year, and I love seasonal desserts!

This Pumpkin Bread here, this may be my favorite bread ever. That’s a pretty bold statement considering the deliciousness of my Triple Chocolate Banana Bread, which is one of my most popular recipes. But this bread’s delicious pumpkin flavor and perfect texture might just put it in the lead.

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I’d love to take credit for this recipe, but it’s actually one of Martha’s. I’ve adapted it slightly. I’ve honestly never made a bad recipe of hers. The woman can do no wrong as far as I’m concerned (except maybe when it comes to the stock market). I first made this Pumpkin Bread years ago, and at first I was a bit iffy on the ginger in it, thinking it would overpower the pumpkin, but it is SUCH a perfect compliment! You can skip it, of course, and it would be just as delicious, but I think you would be doing yourself a disservice.

A few key things about this Pumpkin Bread recipe:

• First, it makes TWO loaves. If you only want one (though I can’t imagine why), you can halve the recipe.
• Second, the pan size is a little strange, but for some reason I happen to have the exact size. You need TWO 8 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ loaf pans. You can just as easily use, 8″ x 4″ or 9″ x 5″ loaf pans, but you will need to adjust the baking time accordingly, and your loaves will be larger/smaller.

Third, I doubled the recipe for the glaze, so if you’re not a glaze fiend like I am, halve the recipe for that.

If you’re looking for an easy and delicious recipe for the Fall season, this is it! Just try it – you won’t be disappointed.

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One Bowl Pumpkin Bread

5 from 3 votes

The BEST Pumpkin Bread you will ever have. Easy, one-bowl, delicious. 

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes minutes

Total Time 55 minutes minutes

Servings 16

Calories 360kcal

Author Olivia

Ingredients

 

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Pumpkin Bread:

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tsp ginger ground, optional, but adds amazing flavour! or use pumpkin pie spice instead
• 1 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter 170g, melted
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup light-brown sugar packed
• 14 oz pumpkin puree 398ml, not pumpkin pie filling
• 3 large eggs room temperature

Glaze:*

• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 4 Tbsp water or milk

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 375F and grease & flour two 8 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ loaf pans (I use either homemade cake release or pam for baking).
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, ginger, baking powder, and salt.**
• In a large bowl, whisk together sugars, melted butter, pumpkin, and eggs.
• Add dry to wet and mix until just combined.
• Divide batter evenly between prepared pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean (approx. 45mins).
• Cool in pans on wire rack for 10mins, then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.
• For the glaze, in a large measuring cup or bowl, whisk together the sugar and water until completely combined (I actually use a fork to do this).
• Pour over cooled loaves.

Notes

* I have doubled the glaze recipe, because I like a lot of glaze. If you’d like to be more conservative, halve the recipe.
** For one bowl method, skip this and add the dry directly into the wet.

This recipe makes TWO 8 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ loaves. If you only want one, halve the recipe.
Adapted slightly from Martha Stewart.

Calories: 360kcalCarbohydrates: 65gProtein: 3gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 58mgSodium: 168mgPotassium: 173mgFiber: 1gSugar: 48gVitamin A: 4185IUVitamin C: 1.1mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 1.6mg

The nutritional information and metric conversions are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data. If this is important to you, please verify with your favorite nutrition calculator and/or metric conversion tool.