ne of my favorite activities during the holidays is baking with my kids. We’ve created some great memories-like our tradition of making our favorite candies each year. Other memories, while messy and annoying at the time, are remembered fondly as the years’ pass. Who can forget the “blender incident,” when my daughter and her best friend left the lid off and covered my kitchen with sticky batter? Or their “exploding cupcakes?” Seriously. They exploded in the oven. It used to be extremely messy- batter and flour usually ended up all over my kitchen. Looking back over my old recipes, I found one for a family favorite; Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread. This moist bread is the perfect Fall recipe; filled with yummy pumpkin. I adapted it to make it gluten-free and with a few adaptations, it could be dairy free as well.
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread Recipe
If you need a dairy-free version, you can substitute soy cream cheese or cashew cream cheese and non-dairy butter. I added chopped nuts but these can be omitted if someone has a nut allergy or doesn’t like the taste. You can use several types of nuts in this bread. My favorites are pecans or walnuts. You can also use a combination of the two. I like to place the nuts in the oven for a few minutes to bring out their flavor before adding them to the batter.
Printable Recipe
- 2 ½ cups (20 ounces) sugar
- 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese OR Dairy Free Cream Cheese
- ½ (4 ounces) cup butter (OR Dairy Free Butter)
- 4 eggs
- 1 (15 ounces) can pumpkin
- 2 ½ (20 ounces) cups flour OR Gluten Free Flour
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ tsp. EACH baking powder and allspice
- 1 cup chopped mixed nuts (optional)- I like to use pecans or walnuts
- Combine the sugar, the cream cheese, and the butter. Mix at medium speed until blended. Add the eggs one at a time. Mix well after each addition. Blend in the pumpkin. Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and allspice in a separate bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture. Stir the mixture until moistened. Blend in the nuts. Pour into 2 greased bread pans and bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the mixture comes out clean.
My family has been devouring our loaves. A slice of this bread is so good served warm with a small pat of butter. Doesn’t it look tasty?
What is your favorite Fall recipe? What do you cook with your kids?
You Might Like These Posts:
Pingback: The Tastiest Cinnamon Apple Butter Recipe
I LOVE pumpkin bread-it’s my second favorite bread next to Zucchini… This recipe looks so moist and soft, I’ll have to try it for sure.
That look so moist and delicious! My daughter would enjoy this sweet treat, she love anything with pumpkin.
I love pumpkin bread! This looks so yummy and moist.
I’ve never had bread flavored like this! It sounds SO good and looks scrumptious!
MMmm, I just love all the pumpkin recipes this time of year! I bet the addition of the cream cheese makes this bread really moist!
This recipe would be fabulous to enjoy this fall. It looks so moist and flavourful. My other half
would to have a slice (or three) of this bread and he would want to bake it for us, too!
I love pumpkin bread during this time of year. I can’t believe how easy and delicious this recipe is! I’m totally going to try this recipe this weekend.
This sounds so delicious. I love fall recipes and will have to try this one out!
Oh I love the fall and all these pumpkin recipes! Thanks for sharing this pumpkin cream cheese bread recipe. This would go well with my afternoon tea.
This looks delicious and more importantly easy to make. I may have to give this recipe a try.
Looks like a delicious bread recipe. Pumpkin and cream cheese together sounds good! This will be another hit with my family
I adore summer with its relaxed schedule and family time. But there’s also something so magical about fall, and I’m sure it’s the flavors. This sounds delightful!
Wow I miss baking! Though I haven’t done it in a while! It looks so tasty! Halloween is coming real soon!
It looks so moist! I think the flavors sound so good, I can’t wait to try this recipe!
I have never had pumpkin cheese bread, but I really want to make it! I love any breads really, I know it is not good for me but they all taste so good! I am definitely wanting to make this one!
YUM! This sounds exceptional. Perfect for fall!
It’s the perfect Fall bread recipe! I love that it’s thick that means it’s really filling. The flavors are something that my kids and I enjoy too!
I love filling treats like this pumpkin bread. It looks so good and I’m sure it’s perfect with coffee or tea especially during those lazy afternoons!
Pumpkin is the ingredient for the fall and winter, for me. I happen to love pumpkin bread, and since we don’t have any at the moment, I think I need to make some!
This looks great! My husband has been bugging me to make something like this with him. I bet he would enjoy this recipe!
That sounds tasty and it looks like it has a really nice texture. I bet it smelled wonderful as it was baking too.
My husband would love this recipe as he loves everything pumpkin spice. Do you think applesauce could be substituted for the sugar? We have to watch his sugar intake? Thanks
It’s Fall and that means “APE” – ALL PUMPKIN EVERYTHING! Thanks for including a dairy-free version of this recipe for our lactose intolerant fam and friends.
Can’t go wrong with pumpkin bread and I always bake and cook with my grandchildren when we see them.
I don’t usually like pumpkin-flavored things, but this one sounds like it could be interesting. I never would have thought of using cream cheese in bread, too.
Oh now this sounds like it would taste absolutely amazing, I am all for trying different things with pumpkin in at the moment! YUM!
Ooo yes, it does look amazing. I’m all about the bread. Especially pumpkin bread.
This bread looks so yummy. This will make a great breakfast or dessert. Thanks for the recipe.
You sold me at “cream cheese”! I love cream cheese in anything. I’ll give this one a try. It looks really good.
That looks so good! My kids and I love to make bread, cookies, and other sweets together, and I can’t wait to make this one. It looks super moist!
I always enjoy baking with the grandkids and your pumpkin cheese bread is perfect for fall. Kids learn so much when they are invited into the kitchen to help.