Streusel-topped chocolate-chip pumpkin bread
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 8:40PM 
I hope you're all not too tired of pumpkin treats just yet! Fall gets me hankering for the aroma of spices wafting from the oven, itching to make lots of treats featuring apples, pears and pumpkin. One evening this week the desire to bake was so strong that I just had to make this delicious bread, even though it meant not cooking dinner! Luckily, Mark cooked us a meal so I could bake my little heart out.
I started out just thinking about regular pumpkin bread, then spied a bag of chocolate chips in the pantry and decided to toss some in. Then I saw some chopped toasted pecans and rolled oats in the fridge and began dreaming of a crunchy streusel topping. I couldn't decide between the chips and the topping... so I did both. Gilding the lily? Maybe just a little bit... :)
Enjoy!
Streusel-topped chocolate-chip pumpkin bread
Makes 1 9-inch loaf
Streusel:
1/4 cup chopped toasted pecans
3 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
pinch of salt
1 1/2 Tbsp. chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
Bread:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
pinch of ground cloves
2 large eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup plain yogurt (not fat free)
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Make topping: Combine pecans, sugar, cinnamon, oats and salt in a bowl. Rub in butter until mixture is crumbly. Place streusel in fridge.
2. Make bread: In a large bowl, mix both flours, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, pumpkin, yogurt, honey, oil and vanilla. Pour pumpkin mixture into flour mixture and fold together until dry ingredients are just moistened. Fold in chocolate chips. Do not overmix.
3. Mist a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Scrape pumpkin batter into pan and spread evenly. Crumble streusel over. Bake for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn bread out onto rack to cool completely.
Reader Comments (16)
must be delicious! I like the streusel topping :)
I love that topping too, it adds a fantastic crunch to that bread! Happy Halloween! :)
What a great pumpkin bread! It looks amazing :)
Streusel is a wonderful idea! Looks fantastic!
This sounds like the ultimate pumpkin bread. I will try it, looks fantastic.
Just received, finally, your book in the mail. It looks amazing. I acant wait to delve in and try a few.
heavenly!! this is a must for some tea .. maybe ginger tea ?
Oooh, i'm a huge fan of anything topped with streusel! Yum.
Tired of pumpkin? Are you kidding? This bread sounds like a fabulous treat!
I could never get tired of pumpkin treats! 'Tis the season :)
Gosh! There's a bunch of good things in that loaf. Chocolate, streusel AND pumpkin. Can't wait to try it; I never get tired of pumpkin.
Definitely not sick of pumpkin treats!! I need to make a pumpkin loaf (yes need!) I love the streusel you put on top. I can definitely relate to just having to bake something and then not getting other stuff done (making an actual dinner, or getting work done)!
Lovely lovely bread. Anything with streusel and I'm sold! Now add some chocolate chips and it's even better!!!
I would happily take a piece of this for dessert tonight!! Loving the topping!
Boy, does this bread look spectacular! And no way I'm tired of pumpkin yet! Bring it on.
I have to be honest pumpkin bread sounds good but the streusel topping sounds (& looks) even better!
~ingrid
What a great dessert to calm anyone's pumpkin craving.