Cream Cheese Pumpkin Bread

Well, here’s a perfect cream cheese pumpkin bread recipe perfect for your breakfast or snack session with your family. A moist, delicious, and perfectly spiced pumpkin bread with cream cheese. This tastes like a cheesecake which will make you crave another slice!

All About Cream Cheese Pumpkin Bread!

Well, pumpkin bread is available all year round as breakfast and snack, but most abundant and famous during its harvest season of pumpkins. Usually, around October to November. This is an easy-to-make baked goodie that is best for everyone, regardless of whether you are a kid or an adult. 

However, the recipe that we have here will give you a twist with the presence of cream cheese. It is like you are eating a cheesecake with a pumpkin swirl. To make it even tastier, you can eat it with Nutella, honey butter, or even apple butter. 

With its moist, tender texture, and flavorful taste, this cream cheese pumpkin bread is definitely for everyone.

Time Required to Finish the Recipe

This recipe will just consume around an hour and a half of your time. However, despite the time, the results will definitely be worth it. To be specific, around 8 minutes is needed for the preparation and approximately 75 to 85 minutes for baking. After that, pumpkin bread is ready to serve. 

Equipment You’ll Need

There are a few tools to prepare for the recipe. These are: 

• Bowls. It is used as a mixing container of the ingredients. Prepare small, medium, and large bowls. 
• Measuring cups and spoons. It is used to measure the number or amount of ingredients to use whether wet or dry.
• Loaf Pan. It serves as a container and a molder of the bread being baked. 

Ingredients You’ll Prepare

For the ingredients, you will need the following: 

• cream cheese. This should be softened and 8 oz of this is required. 
• All-purpose flour and granulated sugar. This must be divided and about 2 cups are needed each.
• Eggs. You have to prepare 3 pieces. 
• Vanilla. Just 2 teaspoons of this.
• Orange zest. Around 1 tablespoon.
• Baking soda. Just 1 teaspoon.
• Salt. Just ½ teaspoon. 
• Pumpkin spice. 2 teaspoons of this is needed.
• Pumpkin puree. This must be 1 cup. 
• Vegetable oil. ½ cup is required. 
• Chopped walnuts. A cup of this ingredient is needed. 
• Non-stick baking spray

Instructions to Make the Cream Cheese Pumpkin Bread

Generally, the procedure entails preheating the oven at 325, mixing all ingredients, baking, and finally serving it.

In mixing the ingredients, first is to add cream cheese, granulated sugar, flour, and egg to a bowl and blend until smooth. Then, sift the remaining flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin spice. 

In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, oil, eggs, and sugar. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the puree mixture and fold with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon. 

Now, when it is time for baking, pour half of the mixture into the bottom of a greased loaf pan and pour the cream cheese mixture on top. Add the remaining pumpkin mixture on top. 

Bake at 325 for 65 to 75 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.

Finally, allow to sit and cool for at least 15 minutes and your cream cheese pumpkin bread is ready to serve!

Just a note for you, you can refrigerate it in an air-tight container of you want to keep some for later.