createPumpkin Bread - the sugarless variety
I hope someone can help me! I have been scouring recipe books from my local library, countless magazines and the net to find a sugar-free pumpkin bread but to date, all I have found are pumpkin breads laden with sugar!!! I am not overly fond of sugar, and would really like to come across a recipe for pumpkin bread that does not have this as an ingredient.
In response to your query, Andrew, I am trying to avoid sugary foods AND the sickly sweet taste of many such foods. If I have to add sugar to any recipes, I prefer to use an alternative, like honey but even then I do so under duress! As for pumpkins, I love them! Pumpkin soup, pumpkin quiche, pumpkin scones..and yet I can’t find a recipe for pumpkin bread without the sugar… So would appreciate it if anyone could help me there!
Thanks again!
Cheers Jill
Many thanks, John! Having just read your message, I’m beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel in my quest for sugarless pumpkin bread, and I await the results of your “test” recipes with keen interest! Thank you again!
Jill, Sorry for taking time to get back to you. Well after experimentation I found that some trace of natural sugar brings out flavor of the pumpkin and spices. I put up this recipe for you: pumpkin bread. Look at “what you should know” for my recommended adaptation. I don’t know if maple syrup is readily available where you live, but it was my choice for the not-so-sweet natural and enriching flavor. Hope this helps. Let me know how it goes.
Hello there, John!
First of all, many thanks for taking the time to post a Pumpkin Nut Bread recipe which I am really looking forward to trying out this coming weekend! Yes, we do have maple syrup here so shall be using that. I rather like the thought of adding spices and nuts to the recipe, give it more flavour.
Last weekend, I ventured a sugarless Pumpkin Bread recipe from a magazine and it was a flop. Too dry, too bland and hard as a rock - not one of my better successes, I can tell you!
So again, thank you for this recipe and I shall certainly let you know my opinion of it after this coming weekend!
Cheers!
What if we try pumpkin bread in Honey?
Jill,
May I ask if it is sugar you are trying to avoid or the sweetness? Would a recipe that perhaps substitutes honey as a sweetener work for you? or are you looking for a pumpkin that is not sickly sweet?