Aunt Rocky’s Pumpkin Loaf with Orange Glaze

Preheat oven to 350ºF and grease an 8-inch loaf pan.

Mix all dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, melt coconut oil and butter in the microwave. Add pumpkin puree, eggs, cream, vanilla and pumpkin oil. Whisk until smooth.

Add dry ingredients to wet, and stir or fold until well incorporated. Transfer to loaf pan.

Bake for 25–30 minutes, or until top does not give when lightly pressed and toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from loaf pan and cool completely.

When loaf is cooled put it on a serving plate or parchment paper, and add the glaze. Put the butter in a small measuring cup, and melt it in the microwave. Add the extracts and powdered sweetener, mix with small whisk or fork until well blended. Drizzle glaze over the top of the loaf, and use a spatula to spread it. Sprinkle some pumpkin seeds on top for presentation, if desired.

Allow to sit until glaze hardens, or put in refrigerator to set the glaze faster. Loaf should be stored in the refrigerator, and will be fine for at least a week. It may also be frozen.

Yields 10 slices of about 3/4-inch each.

Notes:
• I use Isopure because it is very fine powder, and works well in baked goods. Loaf texture may vary if you use a different whey protein powder.
• Oat fiber is made from the hull of the oat plant, not the grain. It is 100% fiber. For that reason most ketoers find it acceptable. I use Lifesource Oat Fiber 500 to assure a product free from gluten cross contamination. If gluten is not an issue for you, use whatever brand is cheapest.
• Nutrition information is based on My Fitness Pal’s online recipe analyzer. Brand names are included only to assure more accurate estimates. The recipe is stored on and available to MFP users for logging in their food diaries. Sugar alcohols, Allulose, and liquid sucralose are not absorbed by the body and rate zero on the glycemic index, so are excluded from nutrition counts.
• For more Atkins/low carb/keto recipes and cooking tips, look for Aunt Rocky’s Low Carb Recipes & Tips Group on Facebook, or follow me on Pinterest at auntrocky2.

For 1 of 10 slices: Calories 98, Total Fat 7 g, Saturated Fat 5 g, Sodium 78 mg, Potassium 22 mg, Total Carbohydrate 6 g, Dietary Fiber 5 g, Net Carbs 1 g, Sugars 1 g, Protein 7 g. Macros: 66% fat, 29% protein, 4% carbs.

© September 16, 2018 Roxana Lopez for Aunt Rocky’s.