Gooey Vegan Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Loaf

This recipe is modeled and lightly tweaked off my Healthy Pumpkin Bread recipe that I posted back in the fall.  Although fall is long gone, I find pumpkin bread delicious throughout the year, so I just worked on a vegan option, which is equally delicious!

Perhaps you googled "best pumpkin bread recipe with canned pumpkin" and ended up here; well, that's perfect! With a can of pumpkin and a few other pantry staples, you'll have this delicious treat ready in less than 10 minutes!

If you love all things pumpkin, I might suggest you also check out: paleo pumpkin chocolate cookies, breakfast turmeric pumpkin cookies, vegan pumpkin muffins, pumpkin granola, or even this healthiest banana bread you'll ever make, which has hidden pumpkin in it!

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To keep this recipe 100% sugar free, make sure to use sugar free chocolate chips, or make your own!

VEGAN PUMPKIN LOAF
By The Granola Diaries

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Ingredients:

• 1 C Pumpkin Puree
• 2 Flax Eggs (2 tablespoon ground flax + 6 tablespoon warm water), or 2 regular eggs for non-vegan
• 1 ripe banana
• 2 – 4 Tbsp. Maple Syrup (Optional. If prefer totally sugar-free, leave out!)
• 2 C Oats, ground into a flour-like consistency
• ½ tsp. baking powder
• ½ teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice (if you don’t have, use nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, or more cinnamon)
• ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
• Dash of salt
• Optional add-ins: chocolate chips, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, cranberries, etc.

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 and grease an 8×5 loaf pan. Make flax eggs and allow to gel in fridge for 5 minutes.
2. Mash banana in a bowl. Combine pumpkin, flax eggs, and maple syrup (if using) in a bowl.
3. Add oat flour, baking soda, and spices into bowl and fold into wet mixture. I like to use a Silicone Spatula for this.
4. Fold chocolate chips and any nut/seeds into the batter once its all combined.
5. Pour into loaf dish, top with some more add-ins for presentation, and bake for 25 – 27 minutes, for a raw, mushy consistency, or 30 - 32 min, for a more solid bread.