Emma was feeling Fall festive yesterday, so we ventured to the kitchen to our hand at pumpkin bread inspired by Melanie Makes – One of our favorite food bloggers! We encountered a problem when the pumpkin bread started to split down the middle and fall apart. Emma decided to improvise by grabbing a fork and smashing the bread to make Chocolate Chip Walnut Pumpkin Bites instead! Delicious to taste and her little sisters couldn’t get enough!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
- 2 cups pumpkin puree
- 1-1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 bag chocolate chips
- Brown sugar to top
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, add butter and sugar
- Cream together on medium speed until combined and fluffy
- Add eggs and pumpkin puree to bowl
- Mix on medium speed until completely combined
- Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla to bowl
- Mix together until combined
- Add walnuts and chocolate chips to mixing bowl
- With a spatula, fold in walnuts and chocolate chips
- Grease a standard bread pan and pour batter in the pan
- Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes
- Once baked, remove the loaf and place in a brownie tray
- Use a fork to mash the bread into an even layer
- Top with brown sugar and bake for an additional 10 minutes
- Let cool and Enjoy!
