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This pumpkin bread with streusel topping is the perfect way to kick off the fall season. It’s a dense, moist quick bread recipe full ofย  all the spices you can find in a pumpkin pie and topped with a delicious streusel topping. Grab a coffee to wash it down too!

Pumpkin Bread with a Streusel topping - This dense, moist pumpkin bread full of spices and stopped with a streusel makes the perfect Fall quick bread! It's packed full of great flavor!

Quick breads are probably one of the easiest recipes to make. I love that they can be whipped up with a wooden spoon. No need to break out the hand mixer, unless you really want to. This bread batter does end up rather thick and you will need to put a little muscle into stirring it, but it will come together nicely.

The streusel on top lends a buttery flavor as well as some sweetness. With pumpkin bread batter being thick, it helps the streusel sit on top of the bread. If it was more airy, chances are it would sink into the bread.

Pumpkin Bread with a Streusel topping - This dense, moist pumpkin bread full of spices and stopped with a streusel makes the perfect Fall quick bread! It's packed full of great flavor!

I also folded some streusel into the bread. You can see the streusel bits that are baked into the bread when it’s sliced. They are AMAZING to discover. The streusel has a lot of flour incorporated into it so it doesn’t melt away into nothingness either.

Pumpkin Bread with a Streusel topping - This dense, moist pumpkin bread full of spices and stopped with a streusel makes the perfect Fall quick bread! It's packed full of great flavor!

So, this might be a little over the top since there is streusel already in this recipe, but I LOVE this warmed up slightly with a thick layer of butter. I think I would love it even more if that butter had a little cinnamon and maybe powdered sugar added. You know, something similar to what they serve at the Texas Roadhouse.

Pumpkin Bread with a Streusel topping - This dense, moist pumpkin bread full of spices and stopped with a streusel makes the perfect Fall quick bread! It's packed full of great flavor!

If you love pumpkin, I’ve also made some spiced pumpkin parfaits that can’t be beat. Ginger lovers will go crazy for this. It has crystallized ginger and gingersnaps crushed up in it!

Recipe
Pumpkin Bread with a Streusel topping - This dense, moist pumpkin bread full of spices and stopped with a streusel makes the perfect Fall quick bread! It's packed full of great flavor!

Pumpkin Bread with Streusel Topping

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Moist, dense pumpkin bread loaded with all the spices you can find in a pumpkin pie and topped with a streusel. For a little added texture, streusel was folded into the batter before it was baked.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Servings 12 slices

Ingredients
  

Bread

  • 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground clove
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

Streusel

  • 1/3 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons butter room temperature
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Instructions
 

Streusel

  • In a medium bowl, add in the brown sugar, flour, and salt. Stir until incorporated.
  • Add in the butter and mix until it's incorporated. You can use a wooden spoon or hand mixer. I use my hands and press it into clumps to look like streusel.
  • Place into the fridge and chill while the bread is being made.

Bread

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add a strip of parchment paper into the loaf pan and let it hang over the sides. Spray with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add in the pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, melted butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Stir until combined.
  • Add in the eggs, vanilla extract, and sour cream. Whisk until incorporated.
  • In a separate mixing bowl, add in the baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, and flour. Whisk until combined.
  • Add the dry ingredients into the wet and stir with a wooden spoon or beat with a hand mixer until the flour is completely incorporated.
  • Add half of the streusel into the batter and fold in until evenly distributed.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread out.ย  Sprinkle on the remaining streusel.
  • Place into the oven and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean or with moist crumbs. If there is batter on your toothpick, let it bake for another 5 - 10 minutes and retest. Remove from the oven and let cool. Remove from the pan, slice, and serve!

Notes

So, this might be a little over the top since there is streusel already in this recipe, but I LOVE this warmed up slightly with a thick layer of butter. I think I would love it even more if that butter had a little cinnamon and maybe powdered sugar added. You know, something similar to what they serve at the Texas Roadhouse.
Keyword pumpkin bread, pumpkin quick bread, streusel topping

Nutrition

Calories: 391kcalCarbohydrates: 55gProtein: 5gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 58mgSodium: 350mgPotassium: 152mgFiber: 2gSugar: 29gVitamin A: 5161IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 2mg

Nutritional Disclaimer Kristin Maxwell of "Yellow Bliss Road" is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. For accurate calorie counts and other nutritional values, we recommend running the ingredients through your preferred online nutritional calculator. Calories and other nutritional values can vary depending on which brands were used.

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This pumpkin bread with streusel topping is the perfect way to kick off the fall season. It's a dense, moist quick bread recipe full of fall spices.

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Hi! I'm Miranda and the dessert blogger behind the blog Cookie Dough & Oven Mitt! When I'm not slinging butter and eggs, I love to hang out with my son and hubby.

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  1. Rebecca Payne says:

    I can’t wait to try this one. Thank you for sharing.

    1. Kristin says:

      You are so welcome Rebecca! Thanks for stopping by.

  2. Harriet says:

    I love the streusel topping idea, and folding some of it into the batter for texture is something I will definitely try.

    1. Kristin says:

      Thank you.

  3. chefkreso says:

    I’ve tried banana bread before, but not the pumpkin version, thanks for sharing!