Life at Gray Gables: Recipe: Pumpkin Bread- Skinny Style

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Recipe: Pumpkin Bread- Skinny Style

With this fall like weather, I am craving all things FALL.

(which is really sad because we really had a luke-warm Summer)

But, with the mention of Pumpkin bread, my mouth starts to water!

Who doesn't like Pumpkin anything?

And skinny style at that!

(less than 200 calories for 1 slice!)

Is it calling your name yet?

This recipe yields two loaves of delicious bread at 8 slices per loaf.

Enjoy its swirly, creamy goodness!

Pumpkin Bread Skinny Style

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 40 minutes

Yield: 16 servings

Serving size: 1 slice

Ingredients

For Cake:

1½ cup LIBBY’S® 100% pure pumpkin
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
1 whole egg
3 egg whites
15.25 oz box Betty Crocker® Super Moist Spice Cake Mix (dry mix only)
3 Tbsp dark brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground cloves
¼ tsp nutmeg

For Cream Filling:

8 oz pkg Philadelphia® fat-free cream cheese
2 Tbsp Agave syrup or other natural sweetener
1 Tbsp Stevia
1 Tbsp whole wheat white flour
2 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. For the Batter: With an electric mixer, beat the pumpkin, applesauce, egg, and egg whites on medium speed until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine the cake mix, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Slowly mix the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture.

2. For the cream cheese filling: Beat the cream cheese, Agave, stevia, flour, egg whites and vanilla until creamy and smooth.

3. Lightly grease two 9 inch loaf pans. Divide half of the cake batter between the two pans. Pour half of the cream filling in one pan and the other half in the second pan and smooth with the back of a spoon.

4. Using a knife, swirl the filling around the pan.

5. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Don’t over bake or your bread will be dry on the edges. Cool and remove from pans. Cut each loaf into 8 slices. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.