Spiced Maple Pecan Pumpkin Bread W/cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup organic butter, softened
• 1 cup pure organic maple syrup
• 2 large organic eggs
• 1 1/4 cups canned pumpkin
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 2 (8 ounce) packages organic cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons organic butter, softened
• 1/2 cup agave nectar

Recipe

• 1 for the bread: heat oven to 350 degrees. generously grease a loaf pan.
• 2 cream the butter, maple syrup, eggs, pumpkin, and vanilla in a large bowl. usa a separate, large bowl and a wire whisk to mix the flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and salt. stir in the pecans.
• 3 fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until barely incorporated - do not over mix. spoon batter into greased loaf pan. bake until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. cool the bread for 15-20 minutes on a wire rack, then remove the loaf from the pan to cool the rest of the way.
• 4 for the frosting: cream all of the ingredients together well. instead of frosting the entire loaf, i like to cut slices and then frost individual slices.