Cinnamon Crusted Pumpkin Bread
Cinnamon-crusted pumpkin bread is a delicious twist to a traditional pumpkin bread recipe! It makes me a wee bit wary when I shake up our tried and true pumpkin bread recipe. But no worries, as this Easy Pumpkin Bread Recipe was a hit!
Why You Must Make
- Once fall arrives, it’s time to start baking with pumpkin! It would be excellent on Thanksgiving morning, too.
- This easy pumpkin bread recipe will make your house smell amazing.
- Plus, adding the extra cinnamon sugar topping gave it a delicious boost!
Recipe Tips
- This is a Quick Bread, meaning it uses baking powder, baking soda, or both instead of yeast as a leavening agent.
- PRO-Tip: Always use room temperature eggs for baking. They incorporate more easily into the batter. Just bring them out of the refrigerator about 2 hours before you want to start mixing. You can also place them in a bowl of hot tap water to speed the process along.
- PRO-Tip: Do not overmix or your bread will have tunnels instead of a nice even crumb. You can use a hand mixer, but once the flour and leavening are added, only mix on a very low speed. Or use a wooden spoon.
- PRO-Tip: Prep your pan well. There’s nothing worse than having your bread stuck in the pan. Use a flour and oil baking spray like Baker’s Joy and line the bottom with a rectangle of parchment paper.
- Cool for about 10 minutes on a cooling rack before removing the loaf from the pan. Any shorter than that and the crust doesn’t get a chance to solidify. Much longer and it could get stuck!
- Note: These pumpkin loaves bake up with a flat, crackled top, instead of the typical rounded top quick bread. This is normal for this recipe!
How to Make
If you’re new to making quick bread (also known as soda bread), which is bread made with baking soda and/or baking powder instead of yeast. The batter does not require proofing or resting time like a yeast dough. The procedure for any quick bread, like this pumpkin bread recipe, is generally very similar.
- First, beat or whisk together the liquid ingredients like the eggs, water, oil, and in this case, pumpkin.
- Next, whisk together all the dry ingredients like flour, sugar, baking soda, spices, and salt.
- Then add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until combined. Do not use a mixer or whisk vigorously.
- Overmixing or beating will over-activate the gluten and add air to the batter. This can result in tunnels throughout the loaf and small air pockets. When making muffins, over-mixing also causes them to bake up with peaked tops instead of rounded tops.
- Divide the batter into 2 prepped loaf pans filling 2/3-3/4 full. Sprinkle the tops with cinnamon sugar.
- If you have any extra batter, put it in a greased ramekin or two for some muffins. Bake for about 20 minutes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Using a toothpick is the best test. First, eye the cracks across the top and look for visible batter. Add more cooking time if you spot any. After 10-15 minutes, recheck. Repeat by adding more time if needed.
But before pulling the loaves from the oven, use a toothpick to test a few spots in each loaf. When the toothpick comes out clean, without any batter or moist crumbs, the bread is done.
Definitely! Pumpkin bread keeps well at room temperature for about 3 days and a little longer in the refrigerator. But you might like to freeze the second loaf for later.
Make sure the bread is cooled completely. Then place it in a freezer-safe Ziploc bag, remove any excess air and place it in the freezer. Alternatively, you can also wrap the loaves in plastic wrap, then foil to freeze.
Make sure to mark the date you freeze the bread on the bag.
Your pumpkin loaf will keep at least 3 months in the freezer. You can easily defrost the bread overnight in the refrigerator.
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- Pumpkin Zucchini Bread from Spend with Pennies
- Classic Pumpkin Bread Recipe
- Mini Pumpkin Bread
- Cream Cheese Filled Pumpkin Bread
- Pumpkin Bread with Apples
- Best Pumpkin Bars
- Plus more of my Favorite Pumpkin Recipes
- More Easy Bread Recipes
Cinnamon Crusted Pumpkin Bread Recipe
Moist and delectable pumpkin bread with a yummy cinnamon sugar topping!
Ingredients
Bread:
- 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup water
- 4 large eggs
- 3 1/3 cups flour
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
Topping:
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350º. Grease two 8 x 5-inch loaf pans, line the bottom of the pans with parchment, then grease the top of the parchment. In a large bowl, beat together pumpkin, oil, water, and eggs until smooth.
- In another bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and salt. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix slowly until combined.
- Mix together cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
- Pour into pans, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture, and bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes then remove to wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
1 sliceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 262Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 118mgCarbohydrates: 41gFiber: 1gSugar: 27gProtein: 3g
42 Comments on “Cinnamon Crusted Pumpkin Bread”
Liz, this looks so great. It is a great side to serve with so many things. Thx for sharing.
Beautiful Liz! And you are the best mom =)
Cinnamon crusted are two beautiful words which both describe and enhance the beauty of your bread. Wow Liz! I’d love a slice right now.
Lizzy,
I love pumpkin bread and the cinnamon crust just adds another wonderful dimension. I’ll have to put on my thinking cap to figure out what I’m going to submit to twelve loaves this month.
Annamaria
Oh yum…I adore pumpkin bread, I love the crusty top on this one. I need to do some baking!
The cinnamon crust sounds perfect with this pumpkin bread. I hope you had a good visit with your son– how far away from home is college? It’s nice Thanksgiving break is right around the corner too!
I’ve right now half pumpkin in the kitchen. A Pumpkin Bread is really a solution to my problems 🙂
Cinnamom and pumpkin is a great combination of tastes.
I would certainly request this great looking pumpkin bread too. The cinnamon crust sounds wonderful. Maybe it will make an appearance for breakfast at my table over the weekend 🙂
Yes, please! My slices would be fat and plenty, as well. This sounds amazing (how could anything crusted in cinnamon not!?).
I love pumpkin bread, and I can’t imagine anything better than one with a cinnamon crust on top. Pinning!
I love crusted cinnamon bread so adding pumpkin to the mix just makes it all that much better! I just bought a can of pumpkin and wasn’t sure what I’d make with it. Until now…
Liz!
love this! for me as well, when it’s Fall, I’m all about Pumpkin bread. . love it! Nick is a smart kid 🙂 looks perfect!
Just look at that wonderful cinnamon and sugar topping! D-lish!!! I’d like a big slice too please!
This is HEAVENLY! Gosh..I want this so badly!
The crust would probably dissppear in a flash under my watch… it’s gorgeous Liz! And having a ravenous guy come back from college is awesome, he’s probably eating everything you make and that is always so rewarding, isn’t it?
This loaf looks delicious. I love the cinnamon crust. I haven’t made a pumpkin loaf this year, so I will have to try this one.
Lots of nice warm spices, bet the kitchen smelled great:@)
Pumpkin perfection! I’d be tempted to inhale this cinnamon sugar crusted bread, too =) How lucky Nick is, by the way, to have such a caring mom.
I love pumpkin bread and I can practically smell that gorgeous cinnamon crust!
MMM cinnamon crusted? I’d bet this is so good without butter or anything on it! Just the way it is. Your bread turned out so beautiful!