Vegan Pumpkin Bread

It’s October. Fall. And grocery stores have exploded with pumpkins of all sizes, shapes and varieties. I picked up not one, not two, but three different varieties!

I had family visiting the last few days, and after trying some different recipes such as this one, I decided to try my hand at making some home-made pumpkin puree and baking bread. The recipe had to be vegan, since as I learned they didn’t eat eggs!

I used the Pioneer Woman’s steps to make pumpkin puree. And loosely followed this recipe for the vegan version.

Ingredients:

1.25 cups whole wheat pastry flour
0.25 cup olive oil
0.25 cup maple syrup
1 mashed ripe banana
1 cup pumpkin puree
1.5 tbsp flax meal
1 cup + 1tbsp rolled oats
1/2 cup + 1tbsp almond meal
2/3 cup brown sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp pepitas
some walnuts or pecans
1 tsp pumpkin spice
0.5 cup water

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees, and prepare a loaf pan.

Mix flaxmeal with 4 tbsp water. Add pumpkin puree, mashed banana, olive oil and maple syrup. Whisk.

Add brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin spice and continue to whisk.

Add water, oats, almond meal, and flour. Mix well.

Pour the mixture into a loaf pan, sprinkle some pepitas and nuts and bake for 40-50 minutes until cooked.

Serve warm. Enjoy!

Happy Fall!

Notes:

Next time, I’ll add some walnuts to the mixture.

See Also:

Pumpkin Paayasam

Cranberry Pumpkin Loaf