Best Sourdough Pumpkin Bread – Easy And Delicious Recipe!

If you love baking with sourdough, then you’re going to fall in love with this scrumptious sourdough pumpkin bread recipe. It’s super easy, and incredibly delicious, you’ll find yourself reaching for another bite of moist goodness in no time!

Table of Contents

• Using A Sourdough Starter Discard
• Pumpkin Sourdough Bread Recipe
  • Ingredients For Sourdough Discard Pumpkin Bread
  • How To Make Sourdough Discard Pumpkin Bread
    • Nutrition
• Tips For Making Sourdough Pumpkin Bread
• Delicious Toppings For Pumpkin Bread
  • Maple glaze
  • Cinnamon Glaze
• Sourdough Pumpkin Bread
• FAQs

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Using A Sourdough Starter Discard

Your sourdough discard comes in pretty handy when it comes to recipes like these! The sourdough discard will help provide a unique texture and flavor, without the increased fermentation time that you’d normally require from a sourdough starter.

However, you can certainly use an active starter for this recipe, which will result in light, airy, and fluffier bread. A discard will produce a more dense and sour pumpkin spice bread, so you can definitely make a choice based on this.

Pumpkin Sourdough Bread Recipe

This pumpkin sourdough bread recipe is incredibly scrumptious and very quick to make. You can certainly opt for the lengthier process if you’re hungry for a fluffier outcome, but for now, we’re going to focus on sourdough baking with sourdough discard. Take a look at the delicious recipe below.

• Type: Bread
• Cuisine: American
• Recipe yield: 8 servings
• Calories: 312kcal
• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Cooking time: 1 hour
• Total time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients For Sourdough Discard Pumpkin Bread

Dry Ingredients

• 420g of whole wheat pastry flour, all-purpose flour, or white whole wheat flour.
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. sea salt
• 1 tbsp of pre-made pumpkin spice, or create your very own pumpkin spice blend with 2 tsp. of cinnamon, 1 tsp. ground ginger, 1/4 tsp. nutmeg, and 1/4 tsp. ground cloves.

Wet Ingredients

• 15 oz. of pumpkin puree (do not mistake with pumpkin pie filling)
• 1/2 cup real maple syrup
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/3 cup of coconut oil, or melted butter. If you’re looking for a subtle coconutty flavor, then coconut oil is the perfect choice to go for.
• 1/2 cup sourdough starter or discard
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• You can also add some chocolate chips, walnuts, pecans, pumpkin seeds, or raisins.

How To Make Sourdough Discard Pumpkin Bread

1. In a large bowl, whisk together melted coconut oil or butter, maple syrup, honey, and vanilla extract. Wait for the mixture to cool to room temperature for a couple of minutes, then add one egg and whisk the ingredients once again.
2. Add the sourdough starter discard, and pumpkin puree, and mix well.
3. In another bowl, add your dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, powder, salt, and spices, and mix well.
4. Carefully, drop the dry ingredients into the bowl of wet ingredients, and gently stir until well combined.
5. You can add in your choice of extras, i.e, nuts or chocolate chips, just be sure to avoid over-mixing.
6. Pour this into a greased pan, and bake for 50-60 minutes. Check if the bread is done after 50 minutes, by inserting a toothpick into the center of the bread. If it comes out clean, then your pumpkin bread has finished baking. However, if the toothpick has some batter on it, then place it back in the oven to finish baking.
7. Allow this to cool in the pan for one hour before serving.

Nutrition

• Calories: 312kcal
• Carbohydrates: 50g
• Protein: 5g
• Fat: 11g
• Saturated fat: 6g

Tips For Making Sourdough Pumpkin Bread

1. It’s important to mix your baking soda and baking powder into your dry ingredients before combining the rest of the ingredients together. The leavening agents will not work their magic until they have touched the wet ingredients, and before they enter the oven.
2. Ensure that you’re using pumpkin puree, and not pumpkin pie filling, as you’ll risk altering the taste of your pumpkin sourdough bread altogether!
3. It’s extremely important to avoid over-mixing the batter, especially when combining your wet ingredients with your dry ingredients so that the pumpkin bread will emerge soft, and tender.
4. If you notice the pumpkin bread has started to brown too soon, then simply cover it with foil, and proceed with the baking process.
5. Create your own pumpkin spice mix with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground ginger, or simply substitute with cinnamon alone.
6. You can easily opt for long fermentation if you’re looking for a lighter and airier loaf. Simply cover and ferment your combined ingredients for 8-12 hours.
7. You can use a sourdough discard or starter for this recipe.

Delicious Toppings For Pumpkin Bread

Aside from the delicious add-ins, there are also optional toppings for your delicious pumpkin bread.

Some of the best options are as follows:

Maple glaze

Have you ever tried sourdough pumpkin bread with a scrumptious maple glaze? Well now’s your chance!

The glaze provides an incredible moistness to the entire loaf, that quite literally melts in your mouth with each bite! It’s super simple and incredibly easy to make.

1. Simply melt some butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, and whisk in brown sugar, and maple syrup followed by a pinch of salt.
2. Add some milk, and bring the mixture to a boil.
3. Wait until the mixture becomes nice and glossy, and pour this over your cooled sourdough pumpkin bread for a tantalizing bite!

Cinnamon Glaze

Pumpkin bread won’t be the same without the subtle, spicy-sweet cinnamon taste, which is why this delicious cinnamon glaze makes the perfect topping for your sourdough pumpkin bread recipe.

It’s super simple and incredibly easy to make, you’ll love it so much, so why not drizzle this over the rest of your pumpkin bread recipes?

1. Whisk together powdered sugar, melted butter, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, and ground cloves.
2. Drizzle this over your warm loves of pumpkin sourdough for a sweet and spicy treat!

Sourdough Pumpkin Bread

If you loved sourdough pumpkin bread, then perhaps it’s time to check out some more sourdough recipes to treat your taste buds! Have a go at these fantastic sourdough discard cinnamon rolls.

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