Maple Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread with Powdered Sugar

Serves 10 in about 1 hour. An oven recipe built around eggs and butter.

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup pure pumpkin puree
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
• ½ cup pure maple syrup
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
• 1 cup dried cranberries (optional)
• 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
• ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• ⅛ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup powdered sugar, or to taste

Method

1. Warm oven to 350°F. Grease a 9”x5”x3” loaf pan and keep it nearby.
2. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil, pumpkin puree, vanilla, and maple syrup.
3. Tip in the sugar and stir it in.
4. To the mixing bowl, sift in the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice. Stir only until just incorporated.
5. Fold in the chocolate chips, dried cranberries, and chopped pecans (or walnuts).
6. Tip in the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Smooth the top using a spatula.
7. Scatter extra chocolate chips, dried cranberries (if using), and nuts over the top.
8. Cook for 60 to 65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
9. Leave it to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and finish cooling on a wire rack.
10. Brush with Maple Cinnamon Glaze when cooled.
11. In a small bowl, melt the butter in the microwave, about 25 seconds.
12. Stir in the maple syrup and salt. Stir.
13. Gently whisk in the powdered sugar until the glaze is smooth and combined. Drizzle or brush over the cooled Pumpkin Bread.

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