Healthier Pumpkin Bread

Replacing some of the fat with applesauce cuts the calories a bit in this pumpkin recipe that keeps all its flavor.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 309 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• 3 cups white sugar
• ½ cup applesauce
• 4 eggs, beaten
• ⅔ cup water
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 large bread pans.

Step 2

Beat sugar, pumpkin, eggs, water, applesauce, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract together in a large mixing bowl.

Step 3

Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves, and ginger together in a separate bowl; stir into the pumpkin mixture until just combined. Fold walnuts into the resulting batter; pour into prepared bread pans.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack. Wrap tightly in aluminum foil to store.