Monday, December 15, 2025

Holiday Bread- pumpkin, cream cheese, cranberry

INGREDIENTS:

(Pumpkin bread)

-1 3/4c flour — I used gf mix and spelt 

-2t pumpkin pie spice

-1t baking soda 

-3/4t salt


-2 eggs

-1/2c oil 

-1/3c honey 

-1t vanilla

-1c pumpkin puree


(Cream filling)

-4oz cream cheese — room temperature 

-2T honey

-1 egg yolk

-1t vanilla


+ 1-1.5c fresh or frozen cranberries 


DIRECTIONS

-Make pumpkin cake mix: Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl 

-Lightly beat eggs, followed by all other wet ingredients, mixing in pumpkin last. Set aside. 

-Use beaters to combine all ingredients for cream filling until smooth

-Oil a loaf pan and then layer 1/2 the pumpkin mix, the cream filling, the cranberries, and the rest of the pumpkin mix

-Bake at 350 for 55-65 minutes