YAY- It’s Fall Y’all.  This Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread is delicious!   Enjoy with a hot cup of coffee and savor the pumpkin spice flavor.  This is sure to be a hit at Fall gatherings with friends and family.  To be honest, I love to have a slice in the quiet morning when I am the only one awake sitting on my porch with my pumpkin spice coffee. 

Ingredients 

• 1 cup pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Cream Cheese Filling

• 1 large egg
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened.
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Instructions 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5 loaf pan with cooking spray, and set aside. In a large bowl combine pumpkin, egg, light brown sugar, oil, sour cream, and vanilla extract.
2. Mix in the pumpkin spice, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt just until combined.
3. Pour 2/3 of the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
4. Meanwhile, prepare the cream cheese filling by whisking all the ingredients in a medium bowl.
5. Pour the cream cheese filling on top of the batter spreading it out gently with a spatula.
6. Pour the remaining batter on top of the cream cheese filling.
7. Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool and Enjoy!