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I’ve based this recipe off of my favorite banana bread. It’s quick, comes together fairly easy, and always bakes through without burned edges. A slice of this bread is a bit of a treat over here. But, as usual, I’ve snuck in wheat flour and yogurt for added nutrients. Though they have nothing on the nutritional benefits of pumpkin.

Ingredients

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4 tbsp. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
1/2 c. unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 c. white whole wheat flour
1/2 c. pure cane sugar
3/4 tsp. aluminum-free baking powder
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/4 tsp. ginger, heaping
1/4 tsp. nutmeg, heaping
1/8 tsp. cloves
2/3 c. pumpkin (canned or roasted and pureed)
1/3 c. liquid (1 part plain yogurt and 2 parts milk)
1 large egg
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract

Crumb Topping

2 tbsp. all-purpose unbleached flour
1 tbsp. salted butter
1 tbsp. brown sugar, packed
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
handful of pepita seeds

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 300°f. Lightly butter or spray loaf pan. Set aside.
In a small saucepan, melt butter. Turn heat to medium-low and continue to cook until browned and golden, swirling occasionally*. Set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, whisk together flours, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves**.
Into cooled butter, whisk in pumpkin, yogurt/milk, egg, and vanilla until well combined.
Pour pumpkin mixture into flour mixture, and stir together until just combined. Over stirring will create a dense, tough loaf.
Make the crumb topping. In a small bowl, combine ingredients. Using your fingers or a fork, mash together butter, flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Distribute crumble evenly over batter. Sprinkle pepita seeds.
Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan completely. Removing too early sometimes results in a broken loaf. Carefully loosen from pan and invert. Serve or store lightly covered for up to 4 days.

Notes

*If browning butter makes you nervous or if you need to cut time, just melt the butter and proceed with the recipe as follows.

**If you have pumpkin pie spice on hand, forgo adding the cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves, and add 1 1/2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice.

Prep Time: 10 min.
Cook Time: 45 min.