Healthy Pumpkin Beer Bread Recipe

Looking for a Healthy Pumpkin Bread Recipe that is flavorful? We have the one for you and it has a secret ingredient.

Fall and pumpkins are synonymous this time of year. I was so thrilled to find a can of pumpkin in my cupboard just waiting to be opened this fall.

I googled a few pumpkin bread recipes and found one on Cookinglight.com that was not only low in fat but had an ingredient I had never thought to use before, beer. Healthy Pumpkin Bread Recipe With Beer

Don’t worry about feeding this to your kids, the alcohol gets burned off in the oven.

Healthy Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Healthy Pumpkin Bread Recipe With Beer

Also I would recommend making at a time in the day that you can finish the rest of the beer as you don’t use a full bottle and who wants to waste a good beer.

Another other option is to make a double recipe which will yield 4 loaves, trust me you will thank me for making the double recipe.

ground-flax-seed

CAN YOU USE FLAX SEED IN BAKING

Another reason I picked this pumpkin bread recipe was because it used ground flax seed and I had just bought some for these homemade chewy granola bars and did not know what to do with the rest.

HOW CAN YOU MAKE PUMPKIN BREAD LOWER IN FAT

This healthy pumpkin recipe can be made even healthier by substituting  a few simple ingredients and it still turned out super moist.

  • Substitute half the flour for whole wheat flour
  • Reduce the sugar 
  • Use applesauce for half of the oil too. 
  • Add nuts for additional protein

What you need to make Healthy low fat pumpkin bread

  • all-purpose flour or half whole white wheat
  • salt
  • baking soda
  • baking powder
  •  ground cinnamon
  • pumpkin pie spice
  •  water
  • ground flaxseed
  • sugar
  •  canola oil
  • unsweetened applesauce
  • honey beer or pumpkin beer, at room temperature
  •  large eggs
  •  can pumpkin

I usually put chocolate chips in my pumpkin bread but I was trying to keep it healthy so simply added chopped pecans on top of each loaf before baking. Added protein of course. 

Healthy Pumpkin Bread Recipe

CAN I FREEZE PUMPKIN BREAD?

Place in an airtight container or resealable plastic bag for up to 4 days. To freeze, wrap in heavy-duty foil or plastic wrap and then place in a tightly sealed container or heavy-duty resealable freezer bag. Freeze for up to 2 months.

I think they turned out very good-looking.

Healthy Pumpkin Bread Recipe

These pictures don’t do justice to this bread, it was so moist and delicious I could have eaten the whole thing.

Be sure to pin this recipe for Pumpkin Honey Beer Quick Bread next time you have a hankering for Pumpkin Bread. 

Healthy Pumpkin Bread Recipe With A Secret Ingredient

What are you  favorite  pumpkin recipes??

 

Pumpkin Honey Beer Quick Bread Recipe 

Healthy Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Pumpkin-Honey Beer Quick Bread

Yield: 2 Loaves
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour

A flavorful pumpkin bread that has a magic ingredient

Ingredients

  • 14.6 ounces all-purpose flour, about 3 1/4 cups
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/3 cup ground flaxseed
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 2/3 cup honey beer or pumpkin beer, at room temperature
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 15-ounce can pumpkin
  • Cooking spray

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Lghtly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, salt, and next 4 ingredients (through pumpkin pie spice) in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk.
  3. Combine 1/2 cup water and flaxseed in a separate bowl and let sit.
  4. Place sugar and next 4 ingredients (through eggs) in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium-high speed until well blended. Add flaxseed mixture and pumpkin; beat at low speed just until blended.
  5. Add flour mixture; beat just until combined. Evenly divide batter between 2 (9 x 5–inch) loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. (Check after 50 mins)
  6. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack and cool completely before serving.

Notes

This makes 2 loaves of bread.

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Nutrition Information
Yield 20 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 265Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 28mgSodium 376mgCarbohydrates 49gFiber 2gSugar 30gProtein 4g

All information and tools presented and written within this site are intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on stayingclosetohome.com should only be used as a general guideline.

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