Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice & Oat Loaf
What would fall be without a gluten-free Pumpkin Spice & Oat Loaf? In my book, it is one of the highlights of the season. Its hearty, filling, spicey, super versatile, and so yummy! Top it off with some almond butter for a quick mid-afternoon snack or even drizzle a little molasses, vegan yogurt, and peaches for a dessert.
Fall is my favorite time of the year. I look forward to when the weather gets a little cooler, and the leaves turn to bright colors of red, orange, and yellow. Along with the cooler weather, comes a shift in our palates, and for some reason Pumpkin Spice has become one of the most popular flavours of the season.
Making a Vegan and Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Loaf
I had noticed that in most vegan/gluten-free baking recipes that the results were often crumbly and would fall apart once you would take a bite into it. This is one of my biggest pet peeves of baking. So I searched far and wide for a solution to this problem. I have tried so many different versions of egg replacements and always found that they would fall short. Possibly because of the gluten-free aspect.
Agar is an all-natural vegan version of gelatin made from seaweed that hardens when cooked (similar to eggs) and thought it might make for a great replacement because of its “gelling” properties. This loaf turned out really well and had actually made 2 versions of this. One with agar and another without. Adding agar to your flax eggs made for a better, more binding flax egg. The version without agar crumbled apart as for the agar version chewy and dense.
I’m adding this to my little book of baking tricks for future recipes. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did and would love to see your comments. Please give it a try, you might be pleasantly surprised!
Gluten-fere Pumpkin Spice & Oat Loaf
Equipment
- A loaf pan 9¼ in x 5¼ in
Ingredients
- Agar-Flax egg (2 Tbsp flax + 4 tbsp water + ½ tsp agar powder)
- ¼ cup grapeseed oil
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ⅓ cup brown sugar packed
- ½ tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp pumpkin spice
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1½ cups gluten-free flour blend
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375˚F (190˚C) and line your loaf pan with parchment paper.
- Prepare your agar-flax eggs in a large mixing bowl and add pumpkin, maple syrup, and grapeseed oil then whisk to combine.
- Next, add brown sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin spice, oats and flour and stir until well combined. If it appears too wet, add in another couple Tbsp of flour. It should thick yet pourable.
- Empty contents into your loaf pan and bake for 40-47 minutes or until toothpick or knife comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let set in pan for at least 10, then slice. Enjoy!
what can be usd instead of pumpkin puree?
You could also use any kind of squash
This recipe is sooo good, will definitely make it again!