Paleo Pecan Crumble Pumpkin Loaf made with simple ingredients for an easy and healthy fall bread recipe!
I didn’t plan on making a pumpkin loaf this year but after seeing your reaction over that Dark Chocolate Marble Sweet Potato Loaf, I couldn’t resist. Plus a handful of you were asking when it was coming. I always do my best to create the recipes that YOU are looking for and get excited about.
This Easy Paleo Pecan Crumble Pumpkin Loaf is the ultimate sweet pumpkin-y loaf…
And it even has a pecan crumble on top that is too die for!
I use all paleo ingredients for this loaf making it gluten, grain and dairy-free. This recipe is also nut free-friendly if you use sunflower seed butter and coconut milk instead of the almond milk you’ll see below. Plus this loaf has zero refined sugars despite the sweet pecan crumble topping!
Why do I add collagen to this?!
I also add collagen peptides to the loaf for an extra nutritional boost. Usually I add it to my smoothies, hot tea, anything. I use the unflavored varieties for the most part so I can switch up how I consume it. You don’t even taste it and I am sitting here eating pumpkin bread that is actually doing my hair, skin, nails and digestion some good!
More on why I use collagen here.
Paleo Pecan Crumble Pumpkin Loaf
- Yield: 8-10 slices 1x
- Category: paleo, grain-free, gluten-free, dairy-free
- Cuisine: dessert, breakfast, snack
Ingredients
- Pumpkin bread:
- 3 eggs
- 1.5 cups pumpkin puree
- 1 tablespoon liquid coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup creamy almond butter
- 2 tablespoons almond milk
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1–2 scoops Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides
- Pecan crumble:
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1 tablespoon coconut flour
- 1/4 cup coconut oil or grass-fed butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons coconut sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a bread dish well
- In a small bowl, combine pecan crumble ingredients and mix well and place in fridge
- Whisk together eggs, pumpkin, coconut oil, vanilla extract, almond butter, almond milk, maple syrup together with a hand mixer in a large bowl
- In a small bowl, mix coconut flour, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and peptides
- Add dry ingredients to wet and mix well
- Pour onto greased bread dish and top with crumble mixture
- Add onto the bread and bake in oven for 30 minutes then remove and cover with tinfoil and bake for another 15-20 minutes (use toothpick to see if ready, it may take a bit!)
- Let it cool before cutting, I didn’t the first time and crumbled a bit!
- *This loaf is not going to rise as much as a traditional bread as it is made with coconut flour. it will be about 3-4 inches high!
xx, Rach
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11 Responses
Hello! When do you add the crumble on top?? Thanks!!
before you add the loaf to the oven!
Hi, this looks amazing but what do you recommend as a substitute for the collagen peptides?
I know Celina asked this—what can we use as a substitute for collagen peptides? I made it without and it was too moist!
Can I use protein powder as a substitute for the collagen peptides? If not, what’s a good substitute?
no because protein powder doesn’t dissolve like collagen does. i’d omit entirely if you don’t have collagen!