Chocolate Pumpkin Bread
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This Chocolate Pumpkin Bread has all the warm flavors of the season. A tender, moist quick bread, perfectly pumpkin spiced with the richness of cocoa.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
Course baked goods
Cuisine American
loaf pan 9"x5"
parchment paper optional
2 mixing bowls
Dry Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoon cocoa powder natural, unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground clove
Wet Ingredients
- 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree 1 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup melted butter cooled to room temp
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup dark or semi-sweet chocolate chips optional - reserve 1-2 tablespoon to sprinkle on top of bread
Preheat oven to 350°F. Prep loaf pan by either lining with parchment paper or greasing/spraying with nonstick cook spray.
In a large mixing bowl - whisk together all dry ingredients. Flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger & clove.
In a separate mixing bowl - mix together wet ingredients (except chocolate chips). Pumpkin, sugar, eggs, melted butter, applesauce and vanilla extract.
Add wet mixture (pumpkin mixture) into dry mixture. Stir until just combined. Do not over mix.
Fold in chocolate chips.
Spoon/scrape batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle with reserved chocolate chips (if desired)
Bake 55 - 65 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
Place on a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes. Remove bread from pan. Allow to cool on wire rack. Once cool, bread can be covered or stored in airtight container for a few days. This bread freezes well.
This recipe uses pumpkin puree - not pumpkin pie filling.
Use 1 3/4 teaspoon if using pumpkin pie spice instead of separate spices.
It's important to not overmix quick bread. Overmixing will result in a tougher bread.
When checking for doneness with toothpick - keep in mind that there's chocolate chips in the bread. You're looking for a toothpick clean of crumb (you may see melted chocolate)
Keyword chocolate, pumpkin, quick bread