Description
This vegan pumpkin bread recipe is moist, fluffy and purely delicious – made with pumpkin purée, fresh apple, crunchy walnuts and cozy spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. It’s refined sugar free, eggless, dairy free and oil-free – proof that indulgence and healthier baking go hand in hand.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup oat flour (100 g)
- 1 cup spelt flour (120 g)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ cup maple syrup (150 g)
- ¼ cup plant milk (60 ml)
- 1 cup pumpkin purée (250 g)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 apple, peeled and diced
- ⅓ cup walnuts (30 g), roughly chopped
Optional “Cinnamon Sugar” Topping
- 2 tbsp date or coconut sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F / 180 °C.
- Mix oat flour, spelt flour, baking powder, salt and spices in a large bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk together maple syrup, plant milk, pumpkin purée and vanilla extract.
- Add to the dry mix and stir until just combined. Don't overmix, then the pumpkin bread may become very dense.
- Gently fold in diced apple and chopped walnuts.
- Transfer to a greased or lined loaf pan, sprinkle with cinnamon-date sugar topping if using.
- Bake 40–45 min, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool completely before slicing & enjoy.
- Store leftovers in the fridge.