Easy Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
This easy Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread is filled with warming spices, bursting with chocolate chips, and perfectly sweetened fora tasty pumpkin season treat!
Ingredients
- 2 cups freshly milled whole wheat flour 250 grams of wheat berries
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1.5 tsp pumpkin pie spice see tips if you don't have the spice mix
- 1 15 ounce can of pumpkin puree
- 1 cup cane sugar 200 grams
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 100 grams
- 1/2 cup avocado oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- First thing, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a loaf pan (a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan is suggested) with parchment paper or grease generously with baking spray or oil.
- Next, in a large bowl, whisk together the 15-ounce can of pumpkin puree, avocado oil, 3 room-temperature eggs, 1 cup of sugar, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, and 1 tsp of vanilla extract until just combined. Set aside.
- Mill your soft wheat berries into a medium bowl to make the whole grain flour. Once milled, add 1.5 tsp of baking powder, 3/4 tsp of baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1.5 tsp of pumpkin pie spice and whisk together.
- Pour the dry ingredients that are in a separate bowl into the wet ingredients and mix together with a wooden spoon. Only mix the flour mixture until no flour is visible, do not overmix.
- Gently fold the chocolate chips into the batter and pour into a greased loaf pan. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top if you want it to be pretty when it comes out!
- Bake for 60-70 minutes until golden brown and a toothpickinserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
- Let cool for 20 minutes in the loaf pan and then put on a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!
Notes
- This can easily be a one-bowl recipe. It's best practice to combine the dry ingredients together before mixing with the wet, but honestly, I don't notice much of a difference if I don't.
- If you don't have pumpkin pie spice on hand then substitute: 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg 1/2 tsp ground ginger, 1/8 tsp ground cloves, and 1/2 tsp ground allspice.
- If you don't add the chocolate chips this would be fantastic with a maple glaze. Just whisk together 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, 1 tbsp of pure maple syrup, and 1 tbsp of milk (any kind) and pour over the completely cooled loaf.