Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Swirl

This recipe is going to blow your mind.  For real.  You may have been weary about reading this post because the title just sounds so calorie-laden.  While the title accurately describes the picture, it also leads you astray – this is LOW calorie bread, folks.  Like, we’re talking around 50 calories per slice.  And a slice is an EIGHTH of a loaf, not some scrawny piece that you could see through because its so thin.  Seriously.

I didn’t believe it when I found this recipe on Pinterest but the woman who blogged about it first said she actually ate the whole loaf in a sitting because it was so good.  I was curious, so I decided to try it out on friends this week.  Surprisingly, there is a lot of flavor here and my friends were pretty impressed.

Enjoy!

Batter:

• 1 1/2 c. pureed pumpkin
• 1/2 c. unsweetened applesauce
• 1 whole egg
• 3 egg whites
• 1 c. all-purpose flour
• 2/3 c. whole wheat flour
• 1/2 c. Stevia Cup For Cup sweetener
• 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 1 t. baking soda
• 1/2 t. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 t. ground nutmeg

Cream filling

• 8 oz. reduced fat cream cheese
• 1/4 c. granulated sugar
• 1 T. all-purpose flour
• 2 egg whites
• 1 t. vanilla extract

1. For the Batter: With an electric mixer, beat the pumpkin, applesauce, egg, and egg whites on medium speed until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine the flours, Stevia, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Slowly mix the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture.

2. For the cream cheese filling: Beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, egg whites and flour until creamy and smooth.

3. Grease 2 8x4x2″ loaf pans. Divide half of the batter between the two pans. Pour half of the filling in one pan and the other half in the second pan and smooth with the back of a spoon. Top with the remaining batter.

4. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Don’t overbake or your bread will be dry on the edges. Cool and remove from pans. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.