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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread

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This spiced pumpkin bread features a luscious cream cheese ribbon tucked inside and a sweet brown sugar streusel on top. It bakes up incredibly moist and yields two loaves, making it ideal for sha...
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 20
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Calories: 424

Ingredients
  

For the filling
  • 8 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperature
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
For the streusel topping
  • ¾ cup lightly packed light brown sugar
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¾ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • Pinch of salt
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
For the bread
  • 1 can pure pumpkin puree 15 ounces
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • ⅔ cup water
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 2 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 ½ teaspoons fine sea salt
  • 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spice

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
  2. ### Make the filling:
  3. In a medium bowl with an electric hand mixer, beat the cream cheese, egg, vanilla, and brown sugar on medium speed until well combined. Do not worry if there are still some small lumps of cream cheese. Set aside.
  4. ### Make the streusel topping:
  5. In a medium bowl, stir together the brown sugar, flour, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Add the melted butter and mix with a fork until the mixture is well combined and forms clumps. Place the bowl in the refrigerator until ready to use.
  6. ### Make the bread:
  7. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl with an electric mixer, combine pumpkin, eggs, oil, water, vanilla and sugar until well blended.
  8. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice until combined.
  9. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended.
  10. Add ¼ of the batter into the bottom of each of the prepared pans. Divide the cream cheese filling between the two pans, spreading over the top of the batter. Spoon the remaining batter over the cream cheese filling, dividing it evenly between the two pans.
  11. Sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the top of the two loaves.
  12. Bake in preheated oven for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Nutrition

Calories: 424kcalCarbohydrates: 58gProtein: 5gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 7gSodium: 341mgFiber: 1gSugar: 36g

Notes

Chilling the streusel topping in the refrigerator before sprinkling keeps the butter solidified, ensuring the brown sugar and flour mixture stays on top to form crisp, distinct clumps rather than dissolving and sinking into the batter during the long bake.

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