Easy Pumpkin Bread Recipe {Better than Starbucks} | Tastes of Lizzy T (2024)

FAQs

Why is my pumpkin bread not moist? ›

Try cutting the amount of flour, or adding more milk. It's also possible your oven was too hot, or you baked the pumpkin bread for too long. Try reducing the oven temperature and cutting the baking time.

A gently spiced bread with pumpkin flavors and pepitas.

Under a topping of crushed pepitas, this super moist slice is full of rich pumpkin flavor. It's a little bit spicy, a little bit creamy, a little bit chewy, and perfect with your favorite Starbucks beverage.

If your pumpkin spice bread is gummy or undercooked in the center, it's typically because it either 1) needed more time to bake in the oven or 2) the batter was too wet, which led the bread to collapse in on itself a bit (this happens if you measure ingredients by volume, rather than by weight: it's easy to ...

Pumpkin bread can become dense if there is not enough hydration or wet ingredients in the recipe. Another cause is overcooking the bread which can cause it to dry out. Remember, it's always easy to keep cooking if it isn't done but impossible to take cooking time back.

Reheat bread: Before serving, you can reheat bread in the oven or on a pan to restore some of the bread's moisture. Brush bread with butter or oil: Before baking, you can brush the bread with butter or oil to keep it from drying out as it bakes.

You might think you could overcome the lack of flavor by adding more pumpkin purée to your recipe, but you'd be mistaken: By the time you've added enough purée to taste it, your baked good would have a soggy texture on account of all that moisture.

One slice of Starbucks pumpkin bread contains almost 40 grams of sugar. Because it's high in sugar, it's not something I would recommend having for breakfast on a regular basis and also why I wanted to make my own version that tastes just as good with way less sugar.

The pumpkin cream cold foam is uber silky and super pumpkin-y. It's essentially cold brew coffee (ice, with brewed coffee) with vanilla syrup added, and topped with a semi-sweet pumpkin cream cold foam topping. The topping is made from cream and pumpkin spice sauce.

Made with real (and adorable) pumpkins

Since 2015, PSL's pumpkin sauce includes real puree made from sweet little pumpkins.

Cucurbit powdery mildew is caused by the fungal pathogens Podosphaera xanthii and Erysiphe cichoracearum. This disease causes white powdery growths on leaves, stems, and petioles (Picture 1), which then leads to necrosis as the disease progresses.

Should pumpkin bread be stored in the fridge or on the counter? ›

Once bread is cool, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap. Store Pumpkin Bread at room temperature for up to five days. After three days, you may want to place the Pumpkin Bread in the refrigerator to prolong its life. Pumpkin Bread can keep in the refrigerator for up to 7 days.

Be sure to carefully grease the baking pan or dish according to recipe directions, using solid vegetable shortening or no-stick cooking spray. If the quick bread still sticks, carefully run a small flexible metal spatula or thin-bladed knife around the sides to loosen the bread.

Bitter Taste: Excessive baking soda can leave a bitter taste in the bread. Baking soda is alkaline, and an excessive amount of it can result in an unpleasant flavor. Unpleasant Texture: Too much baking soda can lead to a coarse and crumbly texture in the bread.

Setting the Oven Temperature Is Too Hot

If your oven runs hot, your bread is likely to brown and bake up on the outside before the center has a chance to fully cook. Invest in a simple oven thermometer to help verify the temperature. Make sure you have other bread baking essentials in your kitchen, too.

Use a good-quality bread flour that has a high protein content, as this will give your dough the structure it needs to rise and become light and fluffy. Make sure to use the right amount of yeast for your dough. Too much yeast will cause the dough to rise too quickly, resulting in a denser texture.

Dry bread: Dry pumpkin bread is such a disappointment. To avoid dry, crumbly bread, try to keep your batter moist. Either do this by using less flour or adding more liquid — but don't add more oil. Instead, try adding orange juice or even bourbon to get some liquid into the batter.

The most important thing is to test with a toothpick before pulling the bread out. Every oven is different and times can differ. If a toothpick comes out clean it means the bread is fully cooked and will not sink.

Your Bread Has Too Much Flour

Adding too much flour is one common mistake for beginning bakers. This produces dry bread with more crumbs. The key is to find a balance between the flour and liquid ingredients in your recipe. It can be tricky because bread recipes don't always give you an exact amount of flour.

One mistake often results in dry and hard bread is over-baking. Set your oven at the shortest time of the recipe and check if the bread is fully baked when the oven stops. You can check by tapping on the bottom side of the bread. Also, ensure the correct temperature while bread making.