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Easy Pumpkin Bread

This easy pumpkin bread is moist, tender and warmly spiced — one bowl, no mixer, and it fills the kitchen with the smell of fall. The cozy quick bread everyone asks for this time of year.

Loaf of easy pumpkin bread cooling on a wire rack

Why you’ll love it

  • One bowl, no mixer
  • Moist and perfectly spiced
  • Freezes beautifully
  • Great for gifting
Slices of moist easy pumpkin bread on a wooden board with butter

Baking for Thanksgiving? Try our easy pumpkin pie, which you can make a day ahead.

Easy Pumpkin Bread

This easy pumpkin bread is moist, tender and warmly spiced — one bowl, no mixer, and it fills the kitchen with the smell of fall. The cozy quick.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 10 slices
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 240
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cups 220g flour
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 cup 200g sugar
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Method
 

  1. Heat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a loaf pan.
  2. Whisk pumpkin, sugar, oil and eggs until smooth.
  3. Stir in flour, baking soda, pumpkin spice and salt just until combined.
  4. Pour into the pan and bake 55–65 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool before slicing.

Notes

  • Fold in chocolate chips or add a cinnamon-sugar streusel top.
  • Wrap and freeze slices for up to 3 months.
  • Don’t overmix — it keeps the bread tender.

This recipe was developed with the help of AI tools and reviewed before publishing. It may not have been independently kitchen-tested — use your judgment, check for allergens, and cook to safe temperatures. See our AI Content Disclosure. Spotted an issue? Tell us.

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