Applesauce Pumpkin Bread

This moist applesauce pumpkin bread is loaded with walnuts, chocolate chips, and warm spices for a crowd-pleasing treat during the holiday season.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 278 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups pumpkin puree
• 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
• 0.5 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cloves
• 0.5 teaspoon ground ginger
• 0.25 teaspoon ground mace
• 1.5 cups applesauce
• 0.25 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.

Step 2

Mix white sugar and applesauce together in a large bowl until well combined; stir in pumpkin puree and beaten eggs until smooth. Mix in baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, ginger, cloves, and mace until incorporated. Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips. Stir in flour until fully blended. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pans.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 4

Sprinkle loaves with confectioners' sugar to serve.