Pumpkin Flax Quickbread

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 65 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

This vegan recipe for a moist, dense quickbread is made with whole wheat pastry flour, pumpkin, flax seed, applesauce, and warm spices.

Ingredients

6 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons flax seed meal
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1/2 cup applesauce
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
2 Whisk together water and flax seed meal in a large bowl. Mix in sugar, pumpkin, and applesauce until well combined.
3 Stir together all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, and cloves in a medium bowl until well combined. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture; stir until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
4 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of loaf comes out clean, 65 to 70 minutes.