reduced-fat pumpkin bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons spice
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 15 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease 2 loaf pans.
• beat sugar and cream cheese together with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. add pumpkin puree, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla extract; beat until smooth.
• stir all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, spice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into pumpkin mixture until batter is just combined. pour batter into prepared loaf pans, filling each about 1/3 full.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean, about 50 minutes. cool in the pans for 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.