Ingredients
2 cups light spelt flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
â…› teaspoon ground cloves
â…› teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon fine sea salt
¾ cup (dairy-free for vegans) chocolate chips
¾ cup shelled pumpkin seeds or chopped walnuts
1½ cups pumpkin purée (not pie filling)
½ cup + 2 tablespoons maple syrup
½ cup melted coconut oil, at room temperature (sunflower or avocado oil is also good)
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate chip pumpkin seed bread
A delicious vegan pumpkin bread with chocolate that adds that wow-factor! Maple syrup naturally sweetens the bread but any liquid sweetener will work in its place. You can use pumpkin seeds as an add-in to stay on the pumpkin theme, but toasted pecans or walnuts would be amazing also.
Step by step recipe
01
- Preheat the oven to 18°C (350°F or Gas Mark 4 standard oven temperature for baking). Lightly grease a 24 x 12 x 8cm (9×5ins) loaf pan and then line it with greaseproof paper (parchment paper). Lightly grease the paper as well and set aside.
02
- In a large bowl, combine the spelt flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, chocolate chips, and pumpkin seeds. Stir with a spatula to evenly mix.
03
In an upright blender, combine the pumpkin puree, maple syrup, coconut oil, orange juice, and vanilla. Blend on high until totally smooth and creamy.
Pour the pureed pumpkin mixture into the large bowl with the spelt flour mixture. Use your spatula to get all of the pumpkin mixture you can out of the blender. Gently stir and fold everything together until JUST combined.
04
- Scrape the vegan spelt pumpkin bread batter into the prepared loaf pan, smoothing the top with your spatula. You can garnish the top with extra pumpkin seeds and chocolate chips if you like. Bang the filled loaf pan on the counter a couple times to evenly distribute the batter and to fill all spaces of the loaf pan.
05
- Bake the vegan spelt pumpkin bread for 50-55 minutes, or until a cake tester/paring knife inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Allow the pumpkin bread to cool thoroughly before slicing and enjoying.
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