Healthy Pumpkin Bread with Orange Glaze

This healthy pumpkin bread is made with 100% whole wheat flour and other wholesome ingredients, leaving room for topping with a zesty orange decadent glaze.

Course Baked Good

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 50

Total Time 1

Servings servings

Calories 212kcal

Author Christy Gurin

Ingredients

Bread

1 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. allspice
1/4 cup low-fat milk
1 tsp. vinegar or lemon juice
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup pumpkin purée
2 eggs
1/3 cup coconut oil melted (plus extra unmelted for greasing pan)
1 tsp. orange zest
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Glaze

1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 - 1 Tbsp. orange juice
1 tsp. orange zest
1/4 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C).
Add vinegar or lemon juice to milk and set aside while preparing the other ingredients.
Grease a bread loaf pan with coconut oil and set aside.
In a medium bowl, stir flour, salt, baking soda, and spices together. Set aside.
In a separate bowl mix sugar, eggs, and pumpkin together. Add milk and coconut oil and mix until well blended. Stir in orange zest and pecans.
Pour batter into greased baking pan and bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes to 1 hour until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out without any batter on it. Let loaf cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing and cooling fully on a wire rack.
Once bread is fully cooled, whisk glaze ingredients together adding orange juice a little at a time until thick but still pourable. Drizzle over bread and let glaze harden for 10 - 15 minutes before slicing.

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