Gluten Dairy Free Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Pumpkin bread is one of my family’s favorite gluten-free quick breads that I bake. I’m not sure which my kids love more, my Easy Gluten-Free Banana Bread or my gluten-free pumpkin bread.

Nothing reminds more of Fall and the coming of the holiday season quite like pumpkin bread. This gluten-free pumpkin loaf is moist, dense, full of pumpkin flavor, is perfectly spiced and won’t crumble.

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I promise that you won’t even know this pumpkin bread is gluten-free. I’ve even been told that this gluten-free pumpkin bread recipe is even better than Starbucks pumpkin bread. I definitely take that as a compliment!

Vegan Pumpkin Bread (fluffy & Gluten Free!)

No, you should not use pumpkin pie filling in this recipe. This recipe calls for canned pumpkin puree, which is different than pumpkin pie filling.

So you may be asking yourself, what is the difference between canned pumpkin and pumpkin pie filling? Pumpkin pie filling (or mix) is pre-sweetened and has added spices to it. If you were to use pumpkin pie filling in place of the pumpkin puree, the pumpkin bread will be way too sweet and spicey!

I test baked this gluten-free pumpkin loaf with three different pans. I baked a loaf in a metal 8-inch by 4-inch metal loaf pan, a 9-inch by 4-inch metal loaf pan, and a 9-inch by 3-inch glass loaf pan. I have great news to report that the pumpkin bread baked up beautifully in all three types of loaf pans!

Vegan Pumpkin Bread (gluten Free And Oil Free!)

You sure can! Once the pumpkin bread is completely cooled, wrap the pumpkin bread tightly with aluminum foil or plastic wrap and place in a freezer bag. The key is to wrap the bread as airtight as possible. The pumpkin bread can be frozen for up to three months.

You can easily defrost the pumpkin loaf in the refrigerator overnight or on your kitchen’s counter at room temperature for several hours.

You sure can! Pumpkin bread is so good with all kinds of mix-ins. Some of my favorites are chocolate chips, pecans, or raisins.

Vegan Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread With Cranberries

I’ve even seen some recipes where they sprinkle the top of the batter with pumpkin seeds. I personally have never tried it, but it looks really pretty.

This gluten-free pumpkin loaf was made with a rice flour cup for cup blend. A cup for cup all-purpose gluten-free flour blend is one that already has the starches and xanthan gum it.

Most gluten-free all-purpose flour blends have the starches and the xanthan gum already in them. The xanthan gum helps replace the elasticity and texture of gluten.

Easy Gluten Free Dairy Free Pumpkin Bread Recipe

So make sure to check the ingredients of your gluten-free flour as to not to add any extra xanthan gum to your flour if it already includes it. If you do, you will get gummy pumpkin bread!

First, it’s important to use a measuring cup made for dry ingredients (not a pyrex liquid measuring cup) to measure the flour. I always measure gluten-free flour with the “spoon & level” method. I use a spoon to scoop the flour into the measuring cup. Then I use the back of a knife to level off the top of the measuring cup.

This gluten-free pumpkin bread recipe is also dairy-free. I used vegetable oil in creating this gluten-free and dairy-free pumpkin bread. Vegetable oil is naturally gluten and dairy-free.

Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread Recipe (vegan, Top 8 Allergy Free)

My husband, myself and youngest son are all dairy-free as well, so I always try and include a dairy-free option to my recipes.

Easy

Some of my favorite dairy-free alternatives that I like to bake with are Smart Balance butter, coconut oil. I also like baking with almond, cashew or coconut milk.

This gluten-free pumpkin bread recipe is a no-fail, tried and true gluten-free baking recipe. It has only a few simple ingredients and can be made in an hour. This is a one-bowl recipe that you don’t even need a mixer for. Really, it is that easy!

Vegan Pumpkin Bread With Dark Chocolate Chips (gf)

I hope you enjoy this sweetly spiced, gluten-free pumpkin bread as much as my family does. You may even want to make a double batch!

Serving: 1 serving | Calories: 217 kcal | Carbohydrates: 35 g | Protein: 4 g | Fat: 8 g | Saturated Fat: 5 g | Cholesterol: 53 mg | Sodium: 166 mg | Potassium: 94 mg | Fiber: 2 g | Sugar: 23 g | Vitamin A: 3254 IU | Vitamin C: 1 mg | Calcium: 43 mg | Iron: 1 mg

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Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread (vegan)

The recipe testing for this now-beloved, but not-so-much-before recipe was… embarrassing. Like, cringeworthy, hide your face and change your name because you don’t need that ruined name anymore, EMBARRASSING.

Before I got to the glory that is this oat flour pumpkin bread marvel, or it’s irresistible cousin Vegan Gluten Free Pumpkin Coffee Cake, there were

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For fun, and as a lovelyconfidence booster for you (you = waaaay cooler than me), let’s go over thesebaking torture pumpkin bread trials. Grab a cup of coffee and a few of theseVegan Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies. Let’s dive in!

Healthy Pumpkin Bread

Trial #1: Extremely dry vegan gluten free pumpkin bread. Like, drier than any desert known to man. Drier than a piece of toast that’s been put into a dehydrator and soaked in salt or whatever they call it during the Wild West times. In fact, this vegan gluten free pumpkin bread might’ve been a great contender for throwing in the ol’ saddlebag for a good, three-month journey to avenge so-and-so’s brother over The Saloon Incident. Or something. Plus, it totally would have made for an amazing weapon.

Trial #2: Less dry, too spicy. Yes, I said it. TOO SPICY gluten free oat flour pumpkin bread. As if people aren’t normally scared of gluten free bread enough. And hilarity of all hilarity, note that I did nothing to the spice ratio… sometimes a good bit of ironic kitchen uncool magic happens and you get super spicy, in a weird savory way, pumpkin bread. My friend, I truly, madly, deeply (oh haaaay, Savage Garden!!) love spicy foods, but this one was too unfortunate and oddly… “unique” to bear.

Trial #3: Straight-up savory.And while some folks might argue that savory vegan gluten free pumpkin bread can be quite the treat… allow me to convince you that

Classic Pumpkin Bread {gluten Free & Dairy Free}

Particular loaf was quite the trick. See what I did there??? Aw… come on, give me something for these foolhardy kitchen shenanigans!

I actually thought about saving this trial to turn into some kind of gluten free vegan pumpkin sandwich bread. I think it would’ve been really good with spicy hummus (inspired by Trial #2, of course), a healthy dosing of jalapeños and olives, and a Vegan Pumpkin Pie Smoothieto cool things down. Yummmy!!!

Trial #4(aka the “How do I even have the stones to call myself a ‘baker’” trial): Moist AF. Hide the kiddies and covers their gentle ears. AF. Yep, I said it!! There comes a time when all you can do is scream into a stack of oven mitts and throw a stare cruelly at your mixing bowl and in-cahoots whisk. This loaf actually looked pretty good on the outside. Good crust, strong structure. A promising vegan gluten free pumpkin bread recipe overall. Right?

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Wrong. Oh so wrong… Alas, a mere two hours of waiting for it to cool later… a heartyslice of a center piece revealed… like, an ENTIRE can of pumpkin. It’s almost like it re-found itself inside the loaf. Like, it knew that it never wanted to meld with other ingredients ever again. It would just stay as one. 100% pumpkin puree. Forever and ever.

Trial #5 (aka the “Congratulations for being the BEST reader ever, you!! Can’t believe you’re still here, my favorite reader” trial): Meh. Yep, the Meh pumpkin loaf. The… if I brought this vegan gluten free pumpkin bread to a bakesale, no one would say a thing about it because… MEH. Oat flour pumpkin bread eaten and promptly forgotten. The “Beaming Baker can DO better than this, come on, girlfriend!!” pumpkin loaf.

Trial #6 (aka There is Meaning in the World, Never Give Up on Your Dreams, Statues Will Be Named After Us Pumpkin Bread): From -1 million to so ridiculously positive, Rocky Balboa would be proud, 100 One Bowl Vegan Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread. But not with 100 bowls. Like… it would be rated 100 out of 100. Oh, you know what I mean!

Pumpkin Oatmeal Bread (gluten Free, Dairy Free Option)

Post, I’m here to tell you: IT. WAS. ALL. WORTH. IT. This oat flour pumpkin bread, this technically flourless pumpkin bread coz you can grind oats for the “flour”, this gluten free dairy free pumpkin bread, this gf pumpkin bread… whatever you want to call it… is WORTH IT.

You will make this vegan gluten free pumpkin bread like the bosslady or bossgentleperson-folk-being that you are. You will hold that whisk firmly and proudly in your ONE bowl. You will bake it like it’s hot. Because, well, it will be due to high oven