Healthy Pumpkin Spice Bran Bread

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What an exciting week! I’m ready for some pumpkin! We had my sister’s bridal shower last weekend, and it was a lot of fun.

The weather here in Nashville has started to change! Fall is my favorite season (I know I am not alone). I love the crisp air, and the apples. I love apples.

I love that it’s football season, and I get to make tail gate food. I love that the holidays are around the corner. Fall gives me energy and excitement.

It’s like a new beginning. Anyways… In the spirit of fall I made this Healthy Pumpkin Spice Bread.

I mixed pumpkin puree into a nutty bran mixture, and tada! It turned out beautifully. There is nothing like slathering butter on a piece of bread fresh out of the oven.

To jazz it up I topped this warm pumpkin loaf with chopped pecans and organic sugar crystals (I was too lazy to make a streusel).

Healthy Pumpkin Spice Bran Bread

I mixed pumpkin puree into a nutty bran mixture, and tada! It turned out beautifully. There is nothing like slathering butter on a piece of bread fresh out of the oven.

• Author: The Hungry Waitress
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 50 minutes
• Yield: 12
• Category: Breakfast

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups wheat bran
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 egg
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons flax seed, ground
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 cup chopped pecan
• 1/4 cup organic sugar (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a bread pan and/or line with parchment paper.
2. Mix the bran and buttermilk together and let rest for 10 minutes.
3. Beat the pumpkin puree, egg, sugar, vanilla, and bran mixture together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl mix together the flour. baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet, and stir until combined.
4. Pour into the prepared bread pan. Top the batter with chopped pecans and sugar.
5. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick/knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
6. Cut a big piece, cover it in butter, and enjoy! (I am to impatient to let it cool!)