Spiced Maple Pecan Pumpkin Bread W/Cream Cheese Frosting

Submitted by PinkPoppy

"This is from Organic Valley to share with you. This is a healthier alternative to the traditional pumpkin bread recipe that I had growing up... delicious!!!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 1 Loaf
• Serves: 12-16

ingredients

• Bread

• 1⁄2 cup organic butter, softened
• 1 cup pure organic maple syrup
• 2 large organic eggs
• 1 1⁄4 cups canned pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1⁄2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans

• Frosting

• 2 (8 ounce) packages organic cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons organic butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup agave nectar

directions

1. For the bread: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a loaf pan.
2. Cream the butter, maple syrup, eggs, pumpkin, and vanilla in a large bowl. Usa a separate, large bowl and a wire whisk to mix the flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in the pecans.
3. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until barely incorporated - do not over mix. Spoon batter into greased loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool the bread for 15-20 minutes on a wire rack, then remove the loaf from the pan to cool the rest of the way.
4. For the frosting: Cream all of the ingredients together well. Instead of frosting the entire loaf, I like to cut slices and then frost individual slices.