Skinny Spicy Pumpkin Bread Recipe
Filled with generous quantities of sweet and fragrant spices, this pumpkin bread will impress. The pumpkin in this sweet bread recipe adds a bit of nutrition and the creative use of ingredients, such as almond milk and applesauce, keep the calorie and fat content low.
Lighten Up Recipes
Lighten up baked goods by replacing applesauce for oil and unsweetened almond milk for dairy products. Also, increase quantities of sweet spices to reduce sugar and add spice to your recipe. Making these simple changes can reduce calories per slice by 25 percent or more as well as the overall fat content. Combining whole wheat flour with all-purpose flour will add extra fiber to any recipe. Healthy pumpkin is a staple in pumpkin bread but can be used in many recipes, not just breads and pies. Find out all the great health benefits of pumpkin here and check out some other healthy pumpkin recipes below:
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The Skinny On Pumpkin Bread
Pumpkin bread's nutritional content can vary considerably. Check out the table below, which compares the nutritional profile of this article's Skinny Spicy Pumpkin Bread against others.
Calories
| Fat
| Fiber
| Sodium
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Starbucks Pumpkin Bread (large slice)
| 390
| 14g
| 2g
| 480mg
|
Libby's Pumpkin Bread (slice)
| 230
| 6g
| 1g
| 230mg
|
Basic Pumpkin Bread (slice)
| 179
| 4g
| 1g
| 151mg
|
Skinny Spicy Pumpkin Bread (slice)
| 121
| 1g
| 2g
| 40mg
|
Nutritional information source: www.fatsecret.com
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Skinny Spicy Pumpkin Bread Recipe
This recipe makes two loaves with 12 servings each. The toppings are optional and add only minimal calories to each slice. This recipe is also low-sodium with only 40mg of sodium per slice.
Cook Time
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose white flour
- 2 teaspoons sodium-free baking powder, such as Hain's
- 2 teaspoons ground allspice
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 large eggs, free-range organic
- 3/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 2 teaspoons valilla extract
- 1 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and coat two 8" x 4" loaf pans with cooking spray.
- Combine the flours and the next six ingredients (flours through baking soda) in a large bowl, making a well in the center.
- Whisk eggs in a medium bowl and combine with remaining ingredients. Whisk well.
- Add wet ingredients to well inside the flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon batter into sprayed loaf pans and bake in preheated oven for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool loaves in pans on a wire rack for about 10 minutes and then remove from pans and continue to cool completely at room temperature.
Variations
- Add 1/4 cup chocolate chips per loaf to batter before baking. This will add 23 calories and one gram of fat per slice.
- Top batter with 1/4 cup chopped walnuts per loaf before baking. This will add 15 calories and one gram of fat per slice.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Serving size: 1 slice | |
| Calories | 121 |
| Calories from Fat | 9 |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Fat 1 g | 2% |
| Carbohydrates 27 g | 9% |
| Fiber 2 g | 8% |
| Protein 3 g | 6% |
| Sodium 40 mg | 2% |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
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