Moist maple pumpkin bread recipe with oats is here! Delicious Fall dessert with pumpkin puree for breakfast or dessert with coffee. If you loved our moist pumpkin bread recipe from last year this is another treat thatโs family friendly.
We will explain how to make this maple syrup pumpkin bread as well as how to make it into muffins too. Both are wonderful but one takes less time and great for grab and go treat if youโre having a busy day. (affiliate links present)
Easy Maple Pumpkin Bread Recipe
With the ingredients used of course and the more fat = tenderer. For instance using buttermilk vs. milk will of course make the result super moist. Adding a bit of fruit like our delicious Pumpkin Apple Bread is great too. That needs to be done in moderation so it doesnโt weigh it down either.
If you wanted to use the batter below in a muffin tin you can! A tweak on our popular Libbys Pumpkin Muffins, baking time is probably one of the most important elements to both staying super moist. You always want to start with the minimum time. Ovens do vary in temp and the height of the rack will make a slight difference too. As SOON as your toothpick comes out mostly clean with moist crumbs attached you want to take them out.
Remember I was talking about ingredients making the outcome better? Oatmeal is a great add in for this one, you should try it. First it soaks in a bowl with the buttermilk to soak it up and plump, the incorporated into the rest of the ingredients later. It gives this a bit more texture inside too which I like. Youโll need;
Ingredients
- Pumpkin puree canned or homemade
- Buttermilk makes it super moist vs milk
- 1/2 c quick oats for inside and on top if you like
- Real pure maple syrup
- 1/3 c vegetable oil
- Brown sugar for sweetness
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs added at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- Pumpkin pie spice
- Baking soda for leavening
- 1/4 tsp salt
Can you bake this into muffins?
A loaf is almost exactly at 1 hour, but stay close around minute 50. If you want to make mini pumpkin muffins youโll use the same things, with a mini pan and bake for closer to 8-9 minutes.
โRegularโ muffin size is closer to 18-20 minutes or until the top springs back when touched gently in the center. Mini Pumpkin Bundt Cakes take about 23 minutes or so but a fun shape and size that is a bit different so I would suggest trying that sometime.
How to Make Pumpkin Maple Bread with Oats
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray loaf pan inside with non stick spray or line with parchment paper.
- Place buttermilk and oats in a small mixing bowl and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk the pumpkin, maple syrup, oil, brown sugar, vanilla, and eggs in a medium mixing bowl.
- In another large bowl, whisk dry ingredients like the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
- Then mix the wet ingredient oats and buttermilk into the pumpkin mixture
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture until just combined.
- Pour into the prepared loaf pan. If you choose to sprinkle some more oats, shelled pumpkin seeds or dried cranberries on the top do so now.
- Bake for about 55-70 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean with moist crumbs attached.
- Set on a wire rack to cool for at least 10 minutes before removing from the loaf pan and bacon on to the cooling rack without the pan
Best if you wait until it is room temperature so it can continue to solidify in pan. Can sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving. Pumpkin Mug Cake is a smaller version of the same thing.
How to Make Pumpkin Maple Bread with Cake Mix
Now you could make this following our Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cake Mix directions but instead of water, use real maple syrup! This simple tweak will surprise you at how delicious that turns out even with a mix. I bet your family wonโt even know that you โcheatedโ.
1 hour is typical in a 9ร5โณ loaf pan. Around minute 50 you should keep an eye on it as some ovens run hot. Once middle has risen and looks golden brown check with a toothpick. It should come out mostly moist but with moist crumbs attached, NOT dry. Allow to cool for 15 minutes and remove from the hot pan and on to a wire rack to cool.
If you have leftovers you need to wrap tightly with plastic wrap and keep on the countertop slid inside a freezer bag sealed as well, not in the fridge. When reheating drizzle a bit of melted butter on top of the slice and heat for 30 seconds in the microwave to get moist again.
Pumpkin Bread Topping Ideas
- We sprinkled the top with some more oats.
- You can use dried cranberries, mini chocolate chips, or shelled air fryer pumpkin seeds are a nice touch like they do at Starbucks.
- Many times I wonโt add anything at all and it is still beyond delicious so that isnโt necessary.
- If you wanted it to be more like a streusel type of goodie though I do have this muffin crumb topping that works quite well. With that you can incorporate some chopped up nuts too to add more texture.
After this one we have a ton of other dessert pumpkin recipes you can try. There really are too many to list so you should just type the word into my search box to see them all, or click on the link above. Many are loaves like this one from scratch but we do have others that are semi-homemade using boxed mixes.
Maple Pumpkin Bread
Equipment
- 1 9ร5 loaf pan
- 2 bowls
Ingredients
- 1 c Pumpkin
- 3/4 c buttermilk
- 1/2 c quick oats
- 1/2 c maple syrup
- 1/3 c vegetable oil
- 1/4 c brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/4 c all purpose flour
- 1/2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray loaf pan inside with non stick spray or line with parchment paper.
- Place buttermilk and oats in a small mixing bowl and let rest for 15 minutes Meanwhile, whisk the pumpkin, maple syrup, oil, brown sugar, vanilla, and eggs in a medium mixing bowl.
- In another medium bowl, whisk the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Then mix the oats and buttermilk into the pumpkin mixture
- Slowly add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture until just combined. Pour into the prepared loaf pan. If you choose to sprinkle some more oats, shelled pumpkin seeds or dried cranberries on the top do so now.
- Bake for about 55-70 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean with moist crumbs attached. (start with 55 minutes, if wet looking in center check every 5 minutes after that with toothpick until all that is attached is moist crumbs). ** 18-22 minutes for muffins
- Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before removing from the loaf pan.โจ
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How long would the baking time be for mini loafs?
I would venture a guess that it would take about 30 minutes. Check with a toothpick, ideal is when there are just moist crumbs attached. Then pull out and leave in pans on a cooling rack