Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread (Light Recipe)

Yields 8 A lightened up Pumpkin Cream Cheese bread that everyone will love!!

Pumpkin Bread INGREDIENTS: 2 cups canned pumpkin 3 eggs 1 egg whites 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup white sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 t baking soda 2 t pumpkin pie spice

Cream Cheese Filling INGREDIENTS 8 oz reduced fat cream cheese (room temperature or softened slightly) 4 tbsp sugar 1 egg 2 tsp flour 1 tsp vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Prepare one mini loaf pan (it should hold 8 loaves) or 2 9x5 loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray

Bread Layers: In the bowl of your stand mixer or hand mixer combine pumpkin, eggs and egg white until smooth. In a separate medium bowl whisk together flour, sugars, baking soda & pumpkin pie spice. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet mixing until just smooth, set aside.

Cream Cheese Layer: In another bowl either for your stand mixer or hand mixer combine all ingredients until smooth.

Bread Assembly: 1. Pour or spoon half of the pumpkin bread mixture into the bottom of the mini loaf pan or the large loaf pan. 2. Evenly divide the cream cheese mixture over the pumpkin bread mixture and smooth out using the back of a spoon.

Bread Assembly (cont.): 3. Pour the remaining pumpkin bread mixture over the cream cheese mixture, covering as much as you can. 4. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. 5. Let cool for about 10-15 minutes and then remove from the pans.

NOTES: Each mini loaf is 9 WW+ points, so divide as needed based on how many slices you get from the loaf. Nutritional Info: Calories: 324 Total Fat: 2.8 g Saturated Fat: 1 g Trans Fat: 0 g Cholesterol: 85.2 mg Sodium: 397.4 mg Total Carbs: 65.2 g Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g Sugars: 42.7 g Protein: 10.4 g