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This Vegan Pumpkin Bread will make your kitchen smell amazing. It is a quick bread recipe that comes out incredibly moist and soft. Loaded with goodness from pumpkin puree, applesauce, and spices, it can be enjoyed with your morning coffee or as an afternoon snack.
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Why You Love This Easy Vegan Pumpkin Bread Recipe
With simple pantry ingredients, this tender and flavorful bread is astonishingly easy to make and only requires one bowl to combine all of the ingredients. Pumpkin, applesauce, and cinnamon make a winning combo for a moist and aromatic bread that hits all the notes of cozy fall.
There isn’t much better than a thick slice of this pumpkin bread, a warm mug of your favorite drink, and a fuzzy blanket to snuggle under.
If you need more delicious pumpkin bakes in your life, try these vegan pumpkin scones, vegan pumpkin cupcakes or this pumpkin bread pudding will!
Healthy Vegan Pumpkin Bread Ingredients
How to Make Pumpkin Bread?
Step 1: First, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Then, combine applesauce, oil, sugar, pumpkin puree, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Whisk everything thoroughly. After that, add the remaining ingredients and whisk until thoroughly combined.
Step 2: Next, pour the batter into the greased loaf pan and bake for 50 to 55 minutes. If you see a crack across the top, don’t panic! Pumpkin bread often develops this crack.
To check for doneness, stick a toothpick into a few spots in the middle of the loaf. If it comes out clean, the bread is done. Otherwise, let it bake for an extra 5-10 minutes and check again.
FAQs
Yes! Throw your favorite nuts in and a sprinkle of them on top. Pecans or walnuts would be really tasty. Dried cranberries, dried tart cherries, raisins, or chopped dates provide a burst of fruity taste pairs well with pumpkin
You can add vegan chocolate chips or even sprinkle powdered sugar, or cinnamon sugar before serving for a sweeter flavor.
You can refrigerate the remaining pumpkin puree or canned pumpkin in an airtight container for one week.
Need ideas for how to use it? Check out this list of canned pumpkin recipes!
If you don’t think you’ll be able to finish your pumpkin in that span of time, you can store it in the freezer for up to a year in a zip-top freezer bag with a label.
Toni’s Recipe Tips
- Preheat the oven: It’s critical that you preheat your oven before beginning to prepare the batter, as the baking powder is double-acting. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake it right away after adding the ingredients.
- Don’t overmix: There is no need to overmix! Stop mixing once the wet and dry components are combined. Lumps are just fine. It’ll give the bread a more rustic appeal.
- Room temperature: Make sure that ingredients are at room temperature for fluffier pumpkin loaf.
Storage Instructions
Fridge: Make sure to refrigerate the bread correctly to keep it as moist as the first slice. Fresh pumpkin bread can be kept in the fridge for up to a week.
Freezer: Freeze your pumpkin bread to keep it fresh for even longer! Pumpkin bread can be frozen for up to three months if kept in an airtight container.
Serving Suggestions
Enjoy a slice of this peach banana bread warm or at room temperature, optionally with:
- Lashings of vegan butter
- A drizzle of pumpkin spice glaze or vegan caramel sauce
- Vegan cream cheese or a dollop of vegan whipped cream
- A scoop of vegan vanilla ice cream
- A hot drink like mulled apple cider, lemon cinnamon ginger tea, or a pumpkin spice latte
You can also make it a complete breakfast alongside:
- A vegan yogurt parfait bowl (with maple pumpkin granola!)
- An easy pumpkin smoothie
- Tofu bacon and vegan tofu scramble
- Make-ahead overnight oats or warm pumpkin oatmeal
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Vegan Pumpkin Bread
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Ingredients
- ⅓ cup of applesauce
- ½ cup of vegetable oil
- ¾-1 cup of sugar (depending on your sweetness preference)
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- 1 ¾ cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- ½ tablespoon of cinnamon
- (Optional) add-ins – raisins, walnuts, chocolate chips, etc
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, mix together the applesauce, oil, sugar, pumpkin puree, and vanilla in a bowl. Then, add the remaining ingredients and whisk until thoroughly combined.
- Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake for 50 to 55 minutes. Check to see if it’s fully baked by placing a toothpick or fork into the middle of the loaf, if it comes out clean, it’s finished. If it has batter on it, bake for another 5 minutes.
Notes
- It’s critical that you preheat your oven before beginning to prepare the batter as the baking powder is double-acting. Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake it right away after adding the ingredients.
- There is no need to overmix! Stop mixing once the wet and dry components are combined. Lumps are just fine. It’ll give the bread a more rustic appeal.
- Make sure that ingredients are at room temperature for fluffier pumpkin loaf.
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I have been very unwell this year and am not good with technology. Would it be possible to email your wonderful recipes to me. Then I could save and print them out for my husband to cook them.
Hi! Sure thing. I just emailed you this vegan pumpkin bread recipe 🙂
can I omit the oil and double the applesauce?1
Hi! We at Plant-Based on a Budget haven’t tried that out yet so can’t guarantee the results. Please let us know how it turns out if you end up giving it a go!
Would whole wheat flour work?
We at Plant-Based on a Budget haven’t tried that sub out yet so can’t guarantee the results, so please let us know how it turns out if you do! 🙂
Love this vegan pumpkin bread so much! I made it for my non vegan boyfriend and he loves it!
That’s so awesome to hear! So glad you both enjoyed it 🙂
Nice easy vegan pumpkin cake.
Nothing like a good pumpkin baked good to cozy up with!