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Pumpkin Streusel Bread

This pumpkin streusel bread is a delicious paleo treat for the fall.

I am in an epic amount of pain right now. 7 days off and then double workouts last Friday that looked like this,

Ralph

Four rounds for time of:
250 pound Deadlift, 8 reps (155# for me)
16 Burpees
15 foot Rope climb, 3 ascents
Run 600 meters

“Asstastic”

10RFT:
10 Squats
10 KB Swings (35#)
10 Pistols
10 Taters (35#)

have left me more sore than all 3 of my half marathons combined. I thought I avoided it Saturday morning when I got up and actually went to CrossFit that morning, but yesterday I got out of bed and practically fell down. Guess my muscles were a little slow on the uptake but they sure as hell made up for it in intensity. Sitting on the toilet and getting up off the couch pretty much require full out teeth gritting and a few choice 4 letter words right now.

Pumpkin streusel bread

So in an effort to forget the pain, I baked. Because streusel makes everything better.

Pumpkin bread with streusel topping

Pumpkin + streusel should therefore have superhero healing powers as far as I’m concerned because that’s basically the best fall duo I can think of.

Paleo pumpkin bread

And those superhero powers will be needed because in honor of Veteran’s Day today, we’re doing Murph. Yep, 300 more squats and 2 miles of running along with ungodly amounts of pull-ups & push-ups.

Paleo pumpkin streusel bread

I think there are only 2 choices in this kind of predicament: worry about it all day and drive myself crazy or just eat the entire loaf in an attempt for those streusel healing powers to kick in.

I bet you can guess which one I’m going with.

Pumpkin Streusel Bread

Pumpkin Streusel Bread

Yield: 8-10 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

This pumpkin streusel bread is a delicious paleo treat for the fall.

Ingredients

For the Bread

  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 1/4 cup coconut flour
  • 1/4 cup ground pepitas (to make a flour)
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1/4 cup honey*
  • 1/4 cup melted coconut oil
  • 4 eggs

For the Streusel Topping

  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 /8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut flakes

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line a loaf pan with parchment paper so that it hangs over the edges enough to grab.Grease parchment with baking spray.
  2. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
  3. Whisk together all wet ingredients in a medium bowl.
  4. Pour wet into dry ingredients and combine with a spatula.
  5. Carefully pour batter into loaf pan and smooth the top. Set aside.
  6. Combine all the streusel ingredients in a small bowl and mix together with a spoon.
  7. Sprinkle the streusel evenly over the top of the bread batter.
  8. Bake for about 55 minutes, until a fork or knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  9. Remove from oven and rest loaf pan on cooling rack.
  10. After about 10 minutes, remove loaf from pan by the edges of the parchment paper and place directly on cooling rack to cool for another 10-15 minutes.
  11. Carefully pull off parchment paper and slice.

Notes

*this is not an overly sweet bread. If you prefer something sweeter, add more honey to the bread or brown sugar to the topping if you’re not following a paleo diet.

Nutrition Information:

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1034.3Total Fat: 76.4gCarbohydrates: 62.23gProtein: 43.86g

DID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE?

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Judy P.

Tuesday 22nd of August 2023

Can I make this with all purpose flour?

Gina Matsoukas

Wednesday 23rd of August 2023

The recipe was really created to be grain free. Typically, all-purpose can't be swapped 1:1 with flours like almond and coconut. I haven't tried it so I"m not 100% sure it would turn out.

Jack Murray

Thursday 30th of August 2018

I just located this wonderful-sounding pumpkin bread recipe! This perhaps is a naive question, but is there any chance I could sub the eggs with either unsweetened applesauce or "flax" eggs? I appreciate your help! Jack in the Northern Rockies

Running to the Kitchen

Tuesday 4th of September 2018

I haven't tried any egg subs in this recipe so can't be sure. I would say flax or chia eggs might be your best option though.

Mariann

Thursday 23rd of November 2017

Hello, This recipe looks yummy! I have two questions though... 1: Can I substitute pepita flour with something else? 2:Do yo have the nutrition facts for this bread? Thank you !

Running to the Kitchen

Friday 24th of November 2017

I've never baked with pepita flour before so I can't speak to that substitution and no, I don't have the nutrition info. You can plug the recipe into one of the many online nutritional calculators to find out though.

Barbara

Saturday 14th of October 2017

What kind of almond flour? Raw almond flour or blanched almond flour? Thanks.

Running to the Kitchen

Sunday 15th of October 2017

Either will work. I usually use raw.

Jayar

Sunday 20th of March 2016

Very nice recipe and I am willing to try it... But, forgive me, as I am new to this, I have no idea what ingredients to put into the dry mixture, and which are needed to make the "streusel". Please help and thank you.

Running to the Kitchen

Monday 21st of March 2016

Sorry about that, seems that the recipe got a bit messed up in a recent change to the website. It's fixed now so you can see which ingredients are for the bread and which are for the streusel topping. Hope you enjoy!

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