Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips

Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips is the best kind of fall treat! Naturally sweetened, this easy pumpkin bread recipe highlights pumpkin puree, almond butter, dark chocolate and oats. This recipe is easy to make and even easier to eat!

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 50

Cooling Time 45

Total Time 1 50

Servings loaf

Calories 331kcal

Ingredients

1 cup almond butter unsweetened, if possible
2/3 cup pumpkin puree
1/3 cup maple syrup
2 eggs
2/3 cup old-fashioned rolled oats not the instant kind
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ cup chocolate chips dark chocolate

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a bread pan with baking spray, and set aside. (My loaf pan is 8" x 4 ½" x 2 ¾" high.)
In a large bowl, blend the almond butter, pumpkin puree and maple syrup together using a hand mixer, about 2-3 minutes.
Once smooth, crack in the eggs and mix until combined, about 1-2 minutes.
Measure in the rolled oats, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Stir into the batter using a rubber spatula.
Pour in the chocolate chips, and fold into the batter using the rubber spatula.
Pour the batter into the prepared bread pan.
Bake for 50-55 minutes or until the bread has browned and an inserted knife comes out clean. (This may vary from oven to oven.)
Let the bread cool, then turn over the loaf pan and free the bread from it. Slice and enjoy!

Notes

It's important to let this bread cool because it can potentially fall apart on you if it's still really hot and you're trying to slice it.

Food allergy swaps and substitutions:

Oats: Many of them are gluten free. Please read the label on yours to ensure they are.
Almonds: If you or a guest has a tree nut allergy, peanut butter would be a good swap here. Sun butter is not a good swap. (We've tried it, and it was a gigantic fail.)
Dairy: Read the label on your chocolate to confirm it is dairy free. Dark chocolate chips are my favorite for this reason, but you can certainly use bittersweet or even milk chocolate if you're not feeding this to someone with a dairy sensitivity or allergy.

Easy Entertaining Tip: Instead of waking up early and putting this together before guests arrive for breakfast or brunch, bake it the night before. The bread slices better at room temperature.

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