Pumpkin Cream Cheese Protein Bread
 
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Warm, moist cinnamon spice pumpkin protein bread filled with a sweet Greek yogurt cream cheese filling. This bread is the perfect healthy treat for fall!
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Serves: 12 slices
Ingredients
Pumpkin Bread
  • 1¼ cups (150g) whole wheat flour
  • 2 scoops (67g) cinnamon whey protein powder (or vanilla)
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1½ cups (360g) canned pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 2 whole eggs
  • ¼ cup milk
  • ¼ cup melted coconut oil (or canola/vegetable oil)
  • ¼ cup (48g) stevia/white sugar baking blend*
  • ¼ cup (48g) stevia/brown sugar baking blend**
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Filling
  • 6 tbsp. (84g) cream cheese, room temperature
  • ¼ cup (56g) plain nonfat Greek yogurt
  • 1 whole egg
  • 3 tbsp. granulated stevia or erythritol
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Mix flour, protein powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together pumpkin, eggs, milk, coconut oil, stevia baking blends, and vanilla extract.
  2. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Gently fold together until a smooth batter forms. Be careful not to over mix. Spray a loaf pan with nonstick spray.
  3. Make cream cheese filling by whisking together cream cheese, Greek yogurt, egg, and stevia. You can also just heat cream cheese in the microwave for 15-20 seconds to soften to speed up the process.
  4. Fill loaf pan with ⅔ of the pumpkin bread batter. Pour cream cheese filling over top of the batter trying to keep it from the edges of the loaf pan. Pour remaining batter over top. Swirl the top pumpkin bread batter and cream cheese filling together.
  5. Bake for 25 minutes, then loosely cover with foil and bake for another 15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Check at 35 minutes total time because ovens can vary.
  6. Let completely cool, cut into 12 slices and enjoy!
Notes
*Can be substituted for ½ cup regular white granulated sugar.
** Can be substituted for ½ cup regular brown sugar.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 slice Calories: 170 Fat: 8 Carbohydrates: 18 Sugar: 6 Fiber: 3 Protein: 8
Recipe by MacroChef at https://www.macro-chef.com/bread/pumpkin-cream-cheese-protein-bread/