Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Mini Loaves

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This pumpkin-cream cheese mini loaves recipe features a sweet cream cheese filling for a fall-flavored, quick bread that's sure to be a dessert hit.

Ingredients

2 cups canned pumpkin
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened to room temperature
4 tablespoons white sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 8 mini loaf pans.
2 Beat pumpkin purée and 3 eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer until smooth.
3 Whisk 1½ cups flour, brown sugar, ½ cup white sugar, pumpkin spice, and baking soda together in a bowl; beat into pumpkin mixture until smooth. Set aside.
4 Combine cream cheese, ¼ cup sugar, 1 egg, and 2 teaspoons flour in a bowl until smooth.
5 Divide ½ pumpkin mixture among prepared mini loaf pans. Divide cream cheese mixture between pans; divide remaining ½ pumpkin mixture over top.
6 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool before serving, 10 to 15 minutes.