Spiced pumpkin bread recipe

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Is there anything better than a loaf of soft pumpkin bread in the Fall? How about a HEALTHY loaf of pumpkin bread that still tastes just as delicious as its full fatty version. By now, you know I get instant cravings that I have an overwhelming desire to cure immediately. Craving a pumpkin, gingerbread, cheesecake combination I decided to start out with a pumpkin bread recipe and add in some spicy gingerbread flavors and top it with a fluffy cream cheese frosting (to pull in some cheesecake flavors.) 

Having just had a baby I started feeling a little guilty preparing to indulge in this calorie packed sweet treat. So I took a basic pumpkin bread recipe and altered it in a way to make it a healthier version. 

I was left with an absolute perfection of my craving. Lets just say even though it was healthy....Eating almost the entire loaf kind of defeated the purpose....ooops.

This is a recipe you HAVE to try! If you try this recipe or any of my other recipes email me and let me in on your story mommahenscoop@hotmail.com. Can't wait to hear from you!

dry Ingredients:

1 cup AP flour

1 cup whole wheat flour
2 TSP cinnamon

1 TSP baking soda

1 TSP baking powder
1/2 TSP salt
1 CUP sugar

packet of spiced apple cider drink mix (approx. 1 .74 oz ) 

1/4 tsp cloves

1/8 TSP ginger

wet ingredients:

3 eggs 

1 egg whites

1 15 oz. 100% pure canned pumpkin

1 TSP vanilla extract

1 TBSP honey

1 TBSP molasses

Sift together dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add canned pumpkin, vanilla, honey, and molasses. Mix ingredients together using an electric mixer. Continue mixing while adding one egg at a time while you continue mixing for 1 minute. Pour into a non- stick 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan. If your pan is not non- stick coat it with nonstick cooking spray. 

Bake for 1 hour or until  a knife inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean.

::Cream cheese frosting recipe::

 

Original recipe that I altered for my own use