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Freshly baked Pumpkin Streusel Bread topped with buttery brown sugar streusel as vanilla glaze is drizzled over the loaf.
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Pumpkin Streusel Bread

This Pumpkin Streusel Bread takes my viral Pumpkin Bread recipe and tops it with a thick layer of buttery, brown sugar streusel and a simple, sweet vanilla glaze. It’s incredibly moist, packed with cozy fall flavor, and makes two delicious loaves!
Course Dessert
Keyword pumpkin, pumpkinbread
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours 25 minutes
Servings 2 loaves
Author Tawnie Graham of Kroll's Korner

Ingredients

Pumpkin Bread Base

Pumpkin Spice Streusel

  • 1 cup dark brown sugar, packed
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cold and cut into small cubes

Vanilla Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly (optional but gives the glaze a buttery taste)
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1-2 Tbsp. milk, room temperature
  • pinch of salt
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Instructions

  • Mix streusel ingredients: In a medium bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, flour, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and salt.
    1 cup dark brown sugar, 1 cup all-purpose flour, 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice, 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. kosher salt, 1/2 cup unsalted butter
    Four step-by-step photos showing flour, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and salt being combined and whisked together for pumpkin streusel.
  • Finish making streusel: Add the cold cubed butter and cut it into the dry ingredients using a pastry cutter, two forks, or your fingertips until the mixture forms pea-sized crumbles with a few larger chunks remaining. Don't overwork the mixture. you want plenty of buttery clumps. Place the streusel in the refrigerator while you prepare the pumpkin bread batter.
    Four step-by-step photos showing cold cubed butter being worked into the brown sugar and flour mixture until large buttery streusel crumbles form.
  • Prepare the pumpkin bread: You’ll need two 8.5 x 4.5 inch loaf pans. Follow my recipe for Best Pumpkin Bread. You’ll stop at Step 6 (after pouring the batter into the pans). You want to skip the sugar sprinkle on top since for this recipe, we’re adding the streusel.
    Best Pumpkin Bread recipe
    Eight step-by-step photos showing the pumpkin bread batter being made, from beating the eggs and adding pumpkin to combining the wet and dry ingredients and dividing the batter between loaf pans.
  • Add streusel: Remove the chilled streusel from the refrigerator and generously sprinkle it over both loaves, gently pressing a few of the larger crumbles into the batter so they stay in place during baking.
    Two step-by-step photos showing pumpkin spice streusel being generously sprinkled over pumpkin bread batter in two prepared loaf pans.
  • Bake: Bake for 60-70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs attached. Start Timer If the streusel begins browning too quickly, loosely tent the loaves with foil during the final 20 minutes of baking.
  • Cool: Allow the bread to cool in the pans for about 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Start Timer
  • Make glaze: Whisk together the powdered sugar, melted butter, vanilla, and salt. Add 2 teaspoons milk and whisk really well until smooth. If needed, add additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, until the glaze falls from the whisk in a ribbon. If it becomes too thin, whisk in a little more powdered sugar. If your icing breaks or separates, your butter may have been too hot. Drizzle over the completely cooled loaves. Allow the glaze to set for about 10-15 minutes before slicing and serving (if you can wait!) and enjoy! Start Timer
    1 cup powdered sugar, 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter, 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract, pinch of salt, 1-2 Tbsp. milk
    Six step-by-step photos showing powdered sugar, melted butter, vanilla, and milk being whisked into a smooth vanilla glaze and drizzled over Pumpkin Streusel Bread.