Pumpkin may just be the star of fall baking. Filled with the coziest spices this pumpkin bread gets even better with a generous swirl of luscious cream cheese filling. This Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread is easy to make and features the best flavors of autumn.
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On it’s own this pumpkin bread, with both melted butter and Greek yogurt, is incredibly moist with a great flavor and texture. Paired with a lavish filling of cream cheese this pumpkin bread goes from good to great.
Enjoy this Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread with a cup of coffee and my Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer!
Ingredients for Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread
For the pumpkin bread
- all purpose flour
- baking powder
- cinnamon
- ground nutmeg
- ground ginger
- ground allspice
- ground cloves
- kosher salt
- pumpkin puree
- brown sugar
- Greek yogurt
- large eggs
- unsalted butter, melted
- vanilla extract
For the cream cheese layers
- cream cheese
- granulated sugar
- large egg
- vanilla extract
How to Make Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread
This pumpkin bread follows the basic quick bread recipe and is paired with a simple cream cheese filling. Start by preheating your oven to 325 degrees, then prepare a loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper.
Prepare the cream cheese mixture. In a medium bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla extract with a hand mixer until fully combined. Set aside.
In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, cloves ( you can also replace all these spices with 1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice ) and salt. In a large bowl whisk together pumpkin puree, brown sugar, Greek yogurt, eggs, melted butter and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture until just combined.
Add 1/2 of the pumpkin batter to the prepared loaf and layer with on 2/3 of the cream cheese mixture. Add remaining batter and top with remaining cream cheese mixture. Gently swirl top layers with a knife.
Bake for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for at least 10 minutes before removing the pumpkin bread from the pan and slicing.
If you like this Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread be sure to take a look at some of my other recipes!
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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread
Equipment
- 3 mixing bowls 1 large bowl, 2 medium bowls
- 1 8 1/2 x4 1/2 in loaf pan
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
For the pumpkin bread
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground allspice
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the cream cheese layers
- 1 8 oz package of cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Prepare a loaf pan with cooking spray and line with parchment paper.
- Prepare the cream cheese mixture. In a medium bowl combine cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla extract with a hand mixer until fully combined. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, cloves and salt.
- In a large bowl whisk together pumpkin puree, brown sugar, Greek yogurt, eggs, melted butter and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture until just combined.
- Add 1/2 of the pumpkin batter to the prepared loaf and layer with on 2/3 of the cream cheese mixture. Add remaining batter and top with remaining cream cheese mixture. Gently swirl top layers with a knife.
- Bake for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for at least 10 minutes before removing the pumpkin bread from the pan and slicing.
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Jamie says
This pumpkin cream cheese bread looks so yummy! An awesome treat for everyone especially for our kids! Definitely an instant favorite! Loved it!
Amy Liu Dong says
This pumpkin cream cheese bread looks so delicious, and I am so excited to make this at home for my kids.
Ann says
I made this bread yesterday, and it is already gone! Clearly my family loves pumpkin flavoring! I am going to make a trip to the store for more cream cheese, and plan on making another loaf!
Amy Liu Dong says
This is so delicious and such a perfect treat to make for my family this weekend.
Netty B says
This recipe looked amazing so I made it last night. It was beautiful when I took it out the oven but to my disappointment, when it cooled, it sunk like a brick. Honestly it still tasted good but it wasn’t a bread-like texture. Any ideas what could cause this result? I’d love to get it right!
Brianna says
Hi Netty, I’m glad you liked the recipe! The only thing I can think of is maybe making sure your baking powder is fresh? Baking powder can lose its lift ability with time, especially with an such a moist bread like this one.