Recipe Inspired: Great Harvest Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread!

Hey My Luscious Pumpkin Chocolate Chips!

Thanks for all of your comments on my last post about how I have to get more blood tests and for all of your tips on what to do before/after. I had blood work done Friday morning and they took five vials worth! FIVE OF THEM! I was expecting maybe two or three at most… At least he used a baby/butterfly needle on me; I didn’t feel any pain (there’s never really any pain), and the guys who do it always tell me I have good veins, but I was just tensing up and stressing myself out just over the situation. The guy who did it had me talk the entire time, which helped it go by faster. Yeah, I still cried, but I was fine; I actually even went to the gym afterwards. Ha-ha, I know, I’m crazy, but I listened to my body and didn’t do anymore than I felt like; some laps around the track, plie jumps between laps, and some core work at the end was all I did. I did feel a little weird running around with the “bandage” on my arm. In fact, I don’t know if it’s from getting my blood pumping or leaving the bandage on for over one and a half or two hours, but I never got much of a bruise at all, (which I’m not in the least displeased by). So now I just get to wait and see what the tests say.

My family loves Great Harvest Bread. We always get the latest samples whenever we go. I usually either get the Honey Whole Wheat, the Pumpkin, or the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip.

But now, I don’t have to go all the way there to have some: I can make some in my own kitchen.

What kind do I make?

My Great Harvest Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread!

Mix flours, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl.

Set aside.

Mix pumpkin, oil, tofu, and water together in a bowl. (I used a whisk.)

Make sure to get the tofu really smooth so as not to have big pieces in the bread. (It won’t change the flavor at all, but it will look nicer.)

Add the dry ingredients to the wet

And mix them together until the flour is all incorporated. Don’t overmix.

Add chocolate chips

And fold them in.

Pour/spoon batter into a lightly greased 9×5 loaf pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 60-70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the center of the bread is firm and bounces back. Let it cool in the pan for 20-30 minutes,

And then transfer it to a wire rack. Cut when fully cooled and serve!

Great Harvest Inspired Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  
• ½ tsp ground ginger
  
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  
• ¼ tsp ground cloves
  
• ½ tsp salt
  
• 1 cup (8oz) canned pumpkin purée
  
• ½ cup oil (either canola or coconut)
  
• ½ cup silken tofu
  
• 1/3 cup water
  
• ½ cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips (dairy-free ones preferred, but regular ones work just as well!)
  

Directions

Mix flours, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl; set aside.

Mix pumpkin, oil, tofu, and water together in a bowl. (I used a whisk.) Make sure to get the tofu really smooth so as not to have big pieces in the bread. (It won’t change the flavor at all, but it will look nicer.) Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix them together until the flour is all incorporated. Don’t overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour/spoon batter into a lightly greased 9×5 loaf pan.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 60-70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the center of the bread is firm and bounces back. Let it cool in the pan for 20-30 minutes, and then transfer it to a wire rack. Cut when fully cooled and serve!

Notes:

1. If you don’t have tofu, you can also use ½ cup more of pumpkin purée or applesauce, 2 tbsp of flax/chia plus 6 tbsp water, or even two eggs if desired.
   
2. To make gluten-free, you can use 1 ¾ cup of Bob’s Red Mills GF all purpose baking mix in place of the flour.
   
3. If you want even sweeter bread, you can use no-sugar-added canned sweet potato purée in place of the pumpkin or even up the sugar a little bit if desired. I found the sweetness of this was perfect for my family.

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Pumpkin + Chocolate = Heaven On Earth!

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Do you like Great Harvest’s Breads? My family adores them! But now I’m glad we can enjoy a Great Harvest Bread and not have to travel all the way to get it! (This version’s lighter on the wallet, too.)

Do you find it easy to give blood/have blood taken? I react the same way when I ice skate as when I get blood taken. It’s all in if I just stay relaxed and breathe normally; if I don’t, then I can feel faintish; if I do, then I’ve come off conqueror.

Have any plans for President’s Day? Tomorrow is actually one of my bff’s birthdays, so I’m going to give her a call!

xoxox,

Tags: Chocolate, Chocolate chip, Great Harvest, homemade bread, Pumpkin, Vegan, Whole grain