Description

Maple Pumpkin Bread with Maple Glaze is the ultimate fall baking recipe—moist, warmly spiced, topped with a nutty streusel, and finished with a sweet maple drizzle. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert, this cozy loaf smells like autumn and tastes like comfort in every slice.

Ingredients

Scale

Topping:

65 g (½ cup) finely chopped pecans or walnuts
40 g (3 tbsp) packed brown sugar
30 g (¼ cup) all-purpose flour
2 g (¾ tsp) ground cinnamon
1 g (¼ tsp) salt
28 g (2 tbsp) unsalted butter, melted

Bread:

220 g (1 ¾ cups) all-purpose flour
4 g (1 ½ tsp) pumpkin pie spice
4 g (2 tsp) cinnamon
3 g (½ tsp) baking soda
4 g (1 tsp) baking powder
3 g (½ tsp) salt
2 large eggs
200 g (1 cup) granulated sugar
120 ml (½ cup) canola or vegetable oil
300 g (1 ¼ cups) canned pumpkin puree
60 ml (¼ cup) milk
6 ml (1 ¼ tsp) maple extract

Maple Glaze:

120 g (1 cup) powdered sugar
30 ml (2 tbsp) milk
1 ml (¼ tsp) maple extract

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Instructions

Prepare topping: Mix nuts, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in melted butter until crumbly. Chill while making bread.
Preheat oven: Heat to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
Mix dry ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
Mix wet ingredients: In another bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, oil, pumpkin puree, milk, and maple extract until smooth.
Combine: Fold wet into dry ingredients until just combined—do not overmix.
Assemble: Pour batter into loaf pan, spread evenly, and top with streusel mixture.
Bake: 50–60 minutes, tenting with foil at 40 minutes if browning too fast. Toothpick should come out clean.
Cool: Let loaf rest in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack.
Glaze: Whisk powdered sugar, milk, and maple extract. Drizzle over cooled bread.

Notes

Use pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling.

Maple extract gives stronger flavor than syrup. If substituting syrup, reduce milk slightly.

Optional: swap nuts with oats for a nut-free topping.

Best served fully cooled so glaze sets nicely.

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 50–60 minutes
Category: Bread, Dessert, Breakfast
Method: Baking
Cuisine: American