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Cream Cheese Swirl Pumpkin Bread

A delightful pumpkin bread with a luscious cream cheese swirl, perfect for the fall season.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cup Pumpkin Puree
  • 1 cup Granulated Sugar
  • ½ cup Brown Sugar
  • 2 large Eggs
  • ½ cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 ¾ cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon Ground Ginger
  • 8 oz Cream Cheese, softened
  • ¼ cup Granulated Sugar (for swirl)
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
  2. Beat the cream cheese, ¼ cup sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth for the cream cheese swirl.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vegetable oil.
  4. In another bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
  5. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, folding gently.
  6. Pour half of the batter into the prepared loaf pan, dollop the cream cheese mixture, then top with remaining batter and swirl it together.
  7. Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  8. Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack.

Notes

For a gluten-free option, replace all-purpose flour with gluten-free flour mix.

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Keywords: pumpkin bread, cream cheese swirl, fall recipes