Cinnamon Topped Pumpkin Bread

It’s OCTOBER! You know what that means…Pumpkin recipes! This delicious recipe comes from Life Made Simple.

Pumpkin Bread:
¼ cup butter
¼ cup oil
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup pumpkin puree
⅓ cup water
½ tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1¾ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
¾ tsp salt
½ tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Topping:
1 Tbl flour
5 Tbl brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbl cold butter
¼ cup chopped pecans (optional)
¼ cup cinnamon baking chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350°. Spray 8″x4″ loaf pan (or three small loaf pans) with baking spray. Set aside. In large bowl with electric mixer, beat butter, oil, sugar, and brown sugar. Add pumpkin puree, water, and vanilla, mix until smooth. Add one egg at a time, mixing after each addition. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture, mix just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan. Set aside.

Make topping, in small bowl combine flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Cut in cold butter with pastry blender, until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add chopped pecans and cinnamon chips if adding. Sprinkle topping over batter.

Bake for 1 hour (35-40 minutes for small pans), or until pick inserted in center comes out clean. Topping will begin to darken but should not burn. Cool in pan, then on wire rack.

Tomorrow I am making this recipe and stirring in chocolate chips! I love the tastes of Fall!