Pumpkin Bread with Brown Butter Maple Icing

This pumpkin bread looks so moist and amazing with that glaze! I made this recipe this evening and OMG…Soooo good!!!! It was very easy and fun to make, I had no issue with the glaze, It came out perfectly. The bread is the right amout of sweetness but the glaze really brings it together. Definitely recommend this recipe for a cool fall day!!!

 

 

 

Pumpkin Bread with Brown Butter Maple Icing

Ingredients:

• ½ cup butter, softened (I used Land O Lakes)
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree (the puree, NOT pumpkin pie filling!)
• 2 eggs
• 1 & ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp ground ginger
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 & ½ cups all-purpose flour

FOR GLAZE:

• ½ cup (1 stick) butter
• 1 – 1 & ½ cups powdered sugar (start with one cup and add more if glaze is too runny)
• 1-2 Tbsp maple syrup
• ¼ cup milk, optional if glaze is too thick

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Liberally grease a 9″ loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.

Meanwhile, in a bowl combine all of the above bread ingredients and beat at medium speed with a handheld mixer, scraping down the sides of the bowl, until well-mixed.

Pour the bread mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for approx. 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out mostly clean or with a couple moist crumbs (not wet). Cool for about 15 minutes, then very gently remove from pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

While bread cools, make your glaze: in a small saucepan, heat butter over medium-low heat until melted. Continue cooking, watching butter carefully, until it sizzles and begins to turn amber in color, about 4-5 minutes. Do not overcook because it can quickly burn! When butter looks caramel-colored and smells kind of nutty, it’s done. Remove butter from heat and cool completely. Then stir in the powdered sugar and maple syrup until a soft glaze has formed.

Pour the glaze generously over top of the pumpkin loaf and let it set, about 30 minutes. Cut into slices and serve!

 

 

 

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