Vegan Pumpkin Spice Banana Loaf

Happy Fall, everybody!

Get ready for a week’s worth of pumpkin mania (-insert pumpkin emoji here-).

It took me a while, but I finally got into the Autumn spirit. I’ve been wearing my blanket scarves, sipping on pumpkin spice lattes, eating pumpkin pie daily, going to the pumpkin patch, and even started my yearly attempt to carve a pumpkin (of course giving up immediately after). I even baked – for the first time – a very special pumpkin spice loaf!

This delicious spiced bread is moist and succulent from real pumpkin puree, and naturally sweet from the bananas. It’s also win-win if you like banana bread and pumpkin spice 🙂 The addition of the organic pumpkin puree gives it an extra health kick too: the fiber, potassium, and vitamin C content in pumpkin all support heart health. It also contains beta-carotene, a carotenoid that your body turns into vitamin A. 

Although I forgot to top my own loaf with them, pumpkin seeds are an excellent and fitting addition to this recipe. They’re also incredibly nutritious, and a great source of antioxidants, magnesium, zinc and fatty acids. So if you want to up the health game on this recipe and add an extra crunch to your bread as well, then I’d definitely add in some pumpkin seeds. Chopped pecans are lovely for that also. 🙂

BONUS: Baking this bread will instantly transform your regular-smelling home into a lovely pumpkin-spice-candle-smelling home. Highly recommend.

Vegan Pumpkin Spice Banana Loaf

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Serves: 5-8 Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cooking Time: 45 Minutes

Ingredients

4 very ripe bananas
3/4 cup organic pumpkin puree 
1 tbsp. almond milk 
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice (for wet mixture)
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup organic sugar 
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract 
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice (for dry mixture)
3/4 tsp. sea salt
1/3 cup coconut oil, melted 
1 cup toasted pecans (plus some for topping)
1/4 cup pumpkin seeds (optional)

Vegan Pumpkin Spice Banana Loaf was last modified: October 28th, 2018 by themindfulstrawberry

Instructions

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F. Line your loaf pan with parchment paper for easy removal.
2. In a medium sized bowl, mash together bananas with almond milk, vanilla extract, pumpkin puree, coconut oil, and pumpkin pie spice. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt and pumpkin pie spice.
4. Add the wet mixture into the large bowl with the dry mixture and lightly mix only until the flour disappears. Be careful not to over-mix. Fold in pecans and pumpkin seeds (be sure to save some to top the bread with).
5. Scrape batter into lined loaf pan and spread into an even layer. Bake until well risen and golden brown, approximately 45-55 minutes.
6. Enjoy with vegan butter and cinnamon, or almond butter on top! 🙂

Vegan Pumpkin Spice Banana Loaf was last modified: October 28th, 2018 by themindfulstrawberry