Easy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
The best,incredibly moist pumpkin bread loaded with chocolate chips,brimming with the pumpkin and spice flavour we crave for.
Well Pumpkin isn’t a hot favourite in our household except in the form of desserts. Be it a pumpkin halwa or a pie or a cake or a bread it gets consumed within minutes and the moment I use it in curries or dals I get to hear under the breath mutterings and some hard to forget glares!!
With the fall season starting in the western part of the world the blogosphere is overflowing with the traditional pumpkin recipes.In the United States, pumpkins go hand in hand with the fall holidays of Halloween and Thanksgiving.
The 163 rd Foodie Monday Bloghop theme being Pumpkin Treats I decided to share with you all the recipe of an amazingly moist and delicious Pumpkin ChocoChip Bread which is a hit with my family. This loaf has the perfect amount of Pumpkin with the right flavour of spices and loaded with chocolate chips. The sour cream added to the recipe imparts the moist and perfect texture to the Bread.
The addition of the Autumn spices to the bread imparts a lovely aroma to it.They say Pumpkin bread is incomplete without its share of Autumn spices like ginger, cinnamon, cloves, all Spice. Last year one of my good friends sent me a box of divine smelling Pumpkin Pie spice from the United States. What a perfect gift for a food blogger… isn’t it?
Pumpkin pie spice is an American spice mix commonly used as an ingredient in pumpkin pie. It is generally a blend of ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and sometimes allspice. It can also be used as a seasoning in general cooking.
Enjoy this absolute fall must that your family will love !!
- 1 1/2 Cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 Tsp baking powder
- 3/4 Tsp baking soda
- 2 Tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 Cup Pumpkin puree
- 1/4 Cup Oil
- 1/4 Cup sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 Cup brown sugar
- 1/4 Cup castor sugar
- 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips Semi sweet
- 1/2 Tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp orange juice
- 1/2 Tsp salt
- Preheat the oven to 170 deg C. Sieve the flour,baking powder, baking soda,salt and the pumpkin pie spice together and keep aside.
- Whisk the eggs with the brown sugar and castor sugar in a mixing bowl till frothy and thick for about 3-4 minutes with a hand mixer or a hand held whisk.
- Add the oil and vanilla extract,mix till well incorporated.
- Add the pumpkin purée orange juice and sour cream to the batter and whisk till just mixed.
- Add the flour and mix in the lowest speed of the hand mixer till just combined.With the help of a spatula fold in half of the chocolate chips .
- Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan, sprinkle the left over chocolate chips and bake in a preheated oven at 170 deg C for 50-55 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out practically clean( a moist crumb or two is fine).
- Cool in the pan for 10 -15 minutes, run a knife alongside to loosen the edges and invert on a wire rack and keep it upright.
- Cool on wire rack for about 30 minutes then transfer to an airtight container to cool completely. Note that it's even better the second day.
To make Pumpkin Puree,boil the pumpkin pieces in a pressure cooker with little water till cooked or for 2 whistles. Cool and blend the pieces to a Puree and use as required.
Saswathi, Love the yellowish orange hue of the bread, the soft crumbly texture and cant ask more when you have the best combo- chocolate and Pumpkin.
I’m amazed by the sheer variety of bakes you come up with. This is such a delight to look at, and sounds absolutely awesome too! ♥️
You are amazing baker Saswati. Bread looks super tempting. Beautiful click. Awesome share. Bookmaking it to try soon.
What a delish bake Saswati! Loved the pumpkin pie spice mix and I can imagine the aroma of the cake while baking in the oven. Moist and delicious loaf there! Loved it.
Pumpkin loaf with spice mix sounds so aromatic and flavorful Saswati ! I am sure it must have tasted great. Love the texture of the bread and those choco chips are like cherry on the cake ! Perfect fall treat !
Love this moist pumpkin cake with perfect crumbs.Perfect treat for this season.
Love the pumpkin pie spice most here in this bread. Amazingly baked also this one Lovely share for theme !!
what a delightful treat 🙂 Lovely share saswati.. Love the picture
This has to be one of the most delicious looking Pumpkin cakes -with the chocolate chips, orange juice and vanilla melding their flavours into the rich cake. Now that pumpkins and oranges are both available in plenty, this is a must try, for sure.
The pumpkin bread looks so moist and delicious. Perfectly baked
I would give anything to have a slice of this deliciously spiced pumpkin bread… looks just too tempting.
Absolutely gorgeous.. stunner all the way!