I’ve got a guilty conscience. Here’s a little peek inside:
Dear Coworker David,
Tonight when you were detailing the twenty one shots you had for your twenty first birthday, I stopped listening at about shot number four… the Raging Bull I think you said. How do you remember all twenty one shots after twenty one shots anyway!? Sheeesh! Though I was smiling and nodding tonight, I heard not a word you said. True.
Dear Downstairs Neighbor,
Is it noisy down there? Does it seems sometimes like I’m stomping around on my second floor apartment floors? Probably. I am. I can have some heavy feet from time to time. Do I do it on purpose? Sometimes. Yes. To be fair, I do this because, as you know, I left cupcakes on your doorstep for you one afternoon and I watched you discover them and take them to the dumpster to throw away. I saw you do that. Not cool. Not cool at all.
Dearest Friend (pssst!… that’s you),
Sometimes I make recipes vegan simply because I’m out of eggs and/or butter. It’s true. A severe and persisting egg shortage in my house was the inspiration for the Vegan Pumpkin Bread. If you’re vegan, you’re probably annoyed. That’s ok. I can be annoying. If you’re not vegan, you’re probably happy to know that you can still bake up some wonders without eggs and butter. Your call.
Love,
Joy the Baker
Pumpkin Bread. Ooooh, you’re a tough one to futz up. Pumpkin adds moisture and flavor that just won’t quit. When combined with plenty of spices, pumpkin bread becomes a treat that will stay fresh and moist for days and days. This version is sweetened with both brown sugar and maple syrup. I. Love. It.
Vegan Pumpkin Walnut Bread
makes 2 loaves
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour ( or whole wheat flour… or just use only all-purpose flour)
2 cups light brown sugar, packed
1/3 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree, or just under two cups
1 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/3 cup water
1 cup chopped walnuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place a rack in the center of the oven. Grease and flour two loaf pans (mine are 8x4x2) and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together flours, sugars, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices.
In a medium bowl, carefully whisk together pumpkin puree, oil, maple syrup and water.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and use a spatula to fold all of the ingredients together. Make sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl well, finding any stray flour bits to mix in. Fold in most of the chopped walnuts, reserving some to sprinkle on top of the batter once in the pan.
Divide the dough between the two greased pans and sprinkle with a few walnut pieces. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven. Let rest in the pans for 20 minutes, then invert onto a cooling rack.
Serve warm. Maybe even wrap one loaf up in plastic wrap and store in the freezer for future munching.
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What a mean downstairs neighbour! How dare he throw away your (I can only assume AMAZINGLY TASTY) cupcakes.
Your neighbor threw your cupcakes away?! Why? Why would anyone do that?! Some people…
Yum. They need to make scratch n sniff computers now…
Delicious! Hahhahah sounds like David sure did have a fun birthday…
Mmmm this looks lovely and wintery :)
That sucks about your neighbour, but maybe they were just being overly cautious rather than rude. If I discovered unknown cupcakes, I’d be a little suspicious at first! It is rude, though. What a waste of lovely cupcakes!
hahah *reading this drukn btw* its nice to know you arent as perfect as all your amazing recipes and posts make you seenm, not meaning to sound at all mean btw. ur perfect enough to make me look u up now. hope this makes snense
first time I get to see only 3 comments on ur post! obviously Ive dropped in early enuf. so I thought I’d leave a comment myself…love ur blog..great recipes and youre a sweet girl…oh n lovely photos too :))))
Seriously, your neighbour threw out your cupcakes..sorry I just can’t get over that..who does that?
This recipe looks yummy & hearty, vegan or not. :)
this recipe makes me so happy! my house is sometimes in short supply of eggs and butter, too, so i am very excited to know that i can still bake up some delicious pumpkin bread. :)
Threw out cupcakes! That’s absolutely insane! And you should get a big heavy dog who stomps around all the time and drives them crazy. Come on… even if you don’t want them, just take them INSIDE and throw them out where no one can see. Duh!
Wow this recipe is so great!
It doesn’t even look like a vegan recipe, its so great for vegans and non vegans. I absolutely love vegan baked goods and I’m not a vegan.
I’m bookmarking this, so gorgeous!
Thanks, Joy!! I’ve been searching for a vegan punkin bread recipe for a while, and this one looks freakin’ DELISH! Can’t wait to give it a whirl.
Dear Joy,
I am vegan and I am not annoyed at all but simply delighted that I don’t have to do the worrisome “converting things and wondering if my pumpkin bread will be raw in the middle” dance that I do in anticipation when I veganize recipes! And fortuitously, I have a spare can of pumpkin AND a half-bag of walnuts leftover from a baking spree yesterday. I believe this is what is called A Sign.
PS: I would totally eat a cupcake left on my doorstep so if a cupcake ever finds itself in southwest Virginia, rest assured it will meet with mastication here.
Sorry to hear your neighbor threw away your perfectly good (and I’m sure, delicious!) cupcakes. I’m a knitter, and those are the people we say aren’t knitworthy. Guess that neighbor isn’t bakeworthy! Gorgeous pumpkin bread; that’s one of the best uses for pumpkin IMO!
Looks Yummy…I just converted my mom’s pumpkin bread to a gluten free yummy success the other night. It was my first gluten free baking success since we found out about my DD’s allergy.
Maybe your neighbor had a guilty conscience and thought she was getting elaxed or something? Either way, she needs to get over it and accept that there’s still some lovely people in the world that just share because it’s…nice. :)
I used to make extra food for dinner so I could take some next door. The family next door didn’t feed their children much and the crying and soiled diapered babies would break my heart. I loved making them dinner. Hubby never understood why. Go figure.
Keep being sweet! If for no other reason, it makes people wonder what we’re up to. Haha. Btw I make pumpkin bread and add a handful of mini-chocolate chips. Yummy good.
er…elaxed = exlaxed. … lol
I totally want to kick your neighbor in the shins.
your generosity of spirit is boundless…
your neighbor is ungrateful…
your pumpkin walnut bread sounds delicious!
Looks delicious as always!
I saw on the foodbuzz attendee list that you will be at the festival this weekend. I very much hope to meet you, perhaps at the cocktail hour or the Ferry Building tonight
dear joy,
your pumpkin chocolate chip cookies have made my autumn. i’m making them again today for a big family shindig. can’t wait for my house to have that magical pumpkin smell.
i need to ask you a highly important question. (like you have time for questions) have you ever made a butterscotch pecan quick bread? i have searched high and low for a recipe for this evasive delicacy and have had no luck. thought maybe in all your wisdom you would be able to help. thanks.
miserable in minnesota
ps. this bread looks sensational.
The only response I have to the neighbour throwing away the cupcakes is… I will assume she did not know who left them and maybe thought someone was doing something BAD to get to her! otherwise, if she knows you and knows YOU are the baker and have no ill will towards her, take them in and eat them up neighbour!!!!!!!!!!
As for David, he’s 21. say no more.
XOXOXOX
Deb
What kind of calorie psychopath throws out cupcakes? Good heavens. Your neighbor needs professional help. Next time maybe just duct tape them to the windows…=)
“…If you’re vegan, you’re probably annoyed. That’s ok. I can be annoying…” oh my dear joy–if this is as annoying as you can get, you need to take lessons from the nearest available toddler! :) mmm–perfect time for pumpkin. thank you!
Wait, WHHHHAT?! You bring some cupcakes over here, girl, and I’ll show them some proper love!! I have to know more — did you follow up with the cupcake tosser? I definitely would’ve sought more info via an innocent inquiry… something like, “Oh, Suzy, did you enjoy the cupcakes I left you?! I felt like leaving you a special surprise!” *BIG SMILE* Of course, then they might just lie and make you even angrier :P
Anyhow, I hadn’t even THOUGHT of making things vegan when I’m out of some ingredients — so smart (offensive or not… a sorry from me as well, dear vegans). No more grocery trip runs! :)
*random hugs from a stranger* If you’re not a huggy person, replace “hugs” with “a balloon” =P I visit your blog daily to check for updates and despite not knowing you, it just seems you could use a hug… or a balloon =]
That pumpkin bread looks dreamy. It looks like a meat-eater, but it’s vegan. Who knew?
I kinda want to make it today….and make it into french toast tomorrow.
P.S. Neighbors shmeighbors. Not cool. Not cool one bit.
Joy, I can’t imagine what kind of crazy, disturbed person your neighbor must be to be throwing away your homemade cupcakes. Who doesn’t like cupcakes?! Especially your delicious homemade ones? (He/she could have at least called me and handed them over…I would have been down for some Joy the Baker cupcakes…just sayin’.)
That said, this pumpkin bread looks amaaazing. I feel you on the lack of butter/eggs thing (happens to the best of us, huh?) and I love that there’s maple syrup in the pumpkin bread–those two awesome ingredients in one baked good have to be perfect together. I need to make this, stat. Thanks for sharing, lady!
Your neighbour deserver a wholw stampeed running at 3am above his head. What he did is just not cool.
THanks for the recipe! I have a 20k pumpkin (second one that we harvested from our veggie patch) and I was running out of ideas …
How could anyone throw out cupcakes? Especially the gorgeous cupcakes that you make?! Unbelievable. Also unbelievable? That someone could love baking so much that they make something vegan out of convenience, even though they’re an omnivore. Unbelievably awesome.
Who, in the world, throws away CUPCAKES?! Seriously! Who does this? I feel for you! I’d be pretty annoyed myself if I put time and care into making cupcakes for someone and saw them throw them in the dumpster! Oi! Jerks…
On a side note, I’m not vegan but it does make me happy to know that, should I run out of eggs and butter, I can still make pumpkin bread (which is, by the way, one of my FAVORITE breads!). Thanks for sharing the recipe! Can’t wait to make it! :)
Oh, what I wouldn’t give to find Joy’s cupcakes on my doorstep! You are simply fabulous.
Hi Joy I just checked out your blog today and its fantastic!!! I have a request could you please post a recipe for Caramel Cake, I have been hunting for this recipe since ages and so far the ones I got have failed…thanx
love this, my baby recently let us know that she’s allergic to dairy, this is perfect, thank you!
If I were your neighbour I will be fattttt like a whale, hahahahaha….”He” doesnt know what he does. Your bread looks deliciously amazing, I will look for pumpkin somewhere. Its a pity I can´t find cans of pumpkins in Spain……
Sweet kissessss ;-)
I’m not a big of vegan baked goods… in fact, I kind of tend to really really avoid them (this isn’t cool, I know, but that’s how it’s been). That said, I think you’ve cracked me. This pumpkin bread looks awesome and I’m going to make it tonight, vegan or not. Thank you for expanding my world :-)
Ps – your downstairs neighbor sounds like a real dumb-head.
I have egg and butter shortages all the time too! Vegan recipes haven’t exactly worked out for me though. Your loaf looks like it has a really great crumb!
Joy, you’re too much fun. I always always look forward to a new post, which is guaranteed to put a smile on my face. And it looks like I’m the…38th person to tell you that. But I don’t care. One can never get enough love.
Looks amazing. And no, you’re not annoying.
This pumpkin bread looks yummy! I’ve never made it with maple syrup before. I shall try it! I can’t believe your neighbor threw your cupcakes in the trash. How rude!
I am so making this. Yummmm
Mmhm. This looks delicious.
Drool…..
I’ve been looking for the perfect pumpkin bread and just by looking at ingredients….I can’t wait to try it. Maple syrup…yum!
I can’t wait to try this! I’ve just found out I’m allergic to dairy and eggs, amongst other things, so this will be perfect. Printing it out now… :)
I have my 2 loaves in the oven right now. Word of warning…DO NOT taste the batter! You will be at serious risk of never getting the pans in the oven! It’s highly addictive & no threat of salmonella from the eggs to aid in restraint. Dangerous!
Joy, I can totally relate to the neighbors throwing out your cupcakes. My husband and I left our landlord some treats and when I went up to tell him that his washing machine was flooding, the treats were still there. He told me to just not wash my clothes (Ok, but that doesn’t solve the problem of the washing machine ALREADY flooding). He also told me that he doesn’t eat sweets, so I should “take them away!” Wow! I couldn’t believe it!
P.S. Thanks for making me laugh when I read your blog, you’re great!
Dear Joy- your downstairs neighbor is a door knob- seriously. On the flip side- I am SO INSPIRED by your vegan recipes when your out of eggs and or butter- you are my culinary hero! My mouth is watering for this-
holy mackerel! what a weirdo to throw away cupcakes! Thank you so much for this vegan recipe, because I also run out of eggs constantly and I am so excited that I can still bake up some sweet treats without them!
Wow! I love anything pumpkin and this recipe looks like a must-try! I will have to make it soon!
Pumpkin + Maple Syrup = one of my favorite flavor combinations!
Sometimes I make recipes vegan or sugarfree just out of curiosity.
ps: your neighbor is obviously braindead…or a skeptical/suspicious ex-New Yorker.
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