Yields: two loaves of matcha streusel pumpkin bread
Preparation time: 20 Minutes
Bake time: 40 minutes
This pumpkin bread topped with matcha streusel hits all the marks. It’s delicious, beautiful, and easy to make. This delectable pumpkin bread with matcha truly is a dream- it’s fluffy, soft, moist, and perfectly spiced. With a decadent and crumbly matcha streusel on top, what more could you ask for from this matcha streusel pumpkin bread recipe?
Recipe
Mix the streusel. Combine the flour, brown sugar, matcha powder, cinnamon, and chopped nuts in a bowl.
Rub in the butter. Add the cold butter and crumble it into the dry ingredients with your fingertips until no dry flour remains and small crumbs form.
Chill the streusel. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Preheat. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
Whisk the dry ingredients. Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, cloves, nutmeg, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Set aside.
Cream. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until just combined. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each, then beat for a few minutes until light and fluffy.
Add the pumpkin. Beat in the pumpkin until combined.
Fold. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and fold just until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips, if using.
Top and bake. Divide the batter evenly between the pans and sprinkle the chilled streusel on top. Bake for 40–45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Cool. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pans, then cool completely on a wire rack.
Combining pumpkin flavor with matcha is like having a cup of matcha tea embedded in your slice of pumpkin bread. The matcha green tea powder’s earthy and mellow grassy notes perfectly balance the sweet pumpkin spices –- and adds an extra healthy twist to a classic pumpkin bread recipe. Matcha is a form of powdered green tea known for its incredible health benefits.
Plus, the contrast in colors in this matcha streusel pumpkin bread is out of this world!
Our matcha and pumpkin bread recipe adds an extra boost to your mental health during the darker winter months. Multiple studies have shown matcha powder may help combat depression by triggering dopamine networks in the brain and offering a robust nutritional boost of key vitamins and trace minerals that may help address dietary deficiencies often connected to feeling down.
Learn about other foods that increase dopamine levels naturally here.
This pumpkin bread with a crumbly matcha powder top will be a sure favorite throughout the fall and winter seasons, helping you beat any case of the winter blues with the green goodness of matcha green tea powder.
- Make sure to use two bread loaf pans, or it won’t cook correctly.
- If you’re out of brown sugar, you can swap for white sugar in the streusel.
- Use culinary-grade matcha and sift it to prevent clumping.
- Look for a pumpkin puree that ONLY contains pumpkin.
- Don’t overbake! Keep a close eye on it so that it doesn’t dry out.
We know you will enjoy this wonderfully delicious matcha and pumpkin pairing. The matcha streusel works wonderfully with the naturally sweet and fluffy pumpkin bread.
Are you interested in drinking matcha daily to help support your optimum wellness? Check out our page listing all the different health benefits of matcha.
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