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Cream Cheese Swirled Cinnamon Pumpkin Butter Bread. Better than you could get at any coffee shop, this bread melts in your mouth. Doughy pumpkin bread made with pumpkin butter, sweetened with maple syrup, swirled with cream cheese, topped with sweet cinnamon sugar, and served warm. Best enjoyed warm, right out of the oven with a generous smear of salted honey butter. Perfect for all of the autumn weekends ahead!
Well, I said it yesterday, but it’s October, so bring on all those pumpkin recipes. And today, we’ve got something sweet!
Before I began cooking and baking, I wasn’t someone who looked forward to pumpkin anything. I grew up in a household where dessert wasn’t dessert if chocolate wasn’t involved. And in a way, I still kind of think like that. But these days I’m able to embrace non-chocolate sweets as well.
Of course, I enjoy them as more of a “snack”. Either way, I can now say that I really do look forward to things like pumpkin bread in the fall.
I’ve made pumpkin bread in the past. The first time was more of a banana pumpkin bread. Then last year I did a sweet chocolate chip pumpkin bread. This year, however, it was my goal to create a pumpkin bread recipe that was more of a classic. One that I’d make again and again all season long.
Of course, I wanted this bread to be a little more special than all the others out there. So I used spiced pumpkin butter, not just pumpkin purèe. This IS KEY. Pumpkin butter is more reduced down than pumpkin purèe and contains less moisture.
You can use my homemade pumpkin butter. Or pick some up at Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Amazon, or your local market…though I am partial to mine. Just make sure your pumpkin butter is spiced for best flavor.
This is all made in one bowl. You’ll mix the wet ingredients with the dry and that’s it. I used maple syrup as the sweetener. Mostly because I LOVE the warming flavor it adds to baked goods this time of year. The coconut oil keeps the bread doughy, and a touch of pumpkin pie spice adds in all the cozy flavors.
Divide the batter between two bread pans, swirl in the cream cheese, then finish each loaf with a light sprinkle of cinnamon sugar. If you don’t love cream cheese, you can omit it, but I think it works well with the fall flavors.
As the bread bakes, oh my gosh, your kitchen will smell incredible. Better than a fall and Thanksgiving candle combined.
Since I love to enjoy this bread warm, I needed a sweet butter to melt over each piece of fresh pumpkin bread.
A salty honey butter is always so good. It melts deliciously into every nook and cranny of the bread.
Of course, it’s not needed, but it sure makes every warm bite just that more delicious.
So how about some Tuesday evening pumpkin bread on a crisp October night? Promise it’s a good idea.
Looking for other pumpkin recipes? Here are a few ideas:
6 Ingredient Spiced Pumpkin Butter
Cream Cheese Swirled Brown Sugar Pumpkin Coffee Cake
Chai Pumpkin Cake with Maple Browned Butter Frosting
Pumpkin Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cinnamon Swirl Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Butter Bread
Lastly, if you make this Cream Cheese Swirled Cinnamon Pumpkin Butter Bread, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
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I was expecting sweet but it was not. I used my Canadian maple syrup and Trader Joe’s pumpkin butter. Needed to melt cream cheese and also coconut oil so you do need more than one bowl:) It was moist and mild pumpkin flavor.
Can I make this with gluten free flour?
Could I half the recipe to make 1 loaf instead of 2?
Thank you!
I was looking for pumpkin bread so a little disappointing. Very mild flavor but nice. Tasted more of the banana than pumpkin. It was very moist. Note maple syrup great sweetener in lieu of sugar. You do not taste any maple.
Hi
Is there anything I could substitute for maple syrup? I’m not a huge fan but the bread looks fab otherwise. 🙂
Thanks!
You can use honey! xT
Perfect; thanks! Cannot wait to try!
The recipe indicates the cream cheese is melted. Do you utilize the microwave?
Yes!
If I use apple butter instead of pumpkin butter, what could I substitute for the pumpkin purée please? (I came across your delicious recipe and have apple butter and thought that could work, but also need this sub, too!) Thank you in advance Tieghan!! 😉
She has a ton of recipes that include apple butter! Try one of those out! They’re delicious.
Hi Amy! This recipe is for a pumpkin bread so I haven’t ever tried it without the pumpkin puree before! xT