Pumpkin Bread with Brown Butter Maple Icing

By shermom

Ingredients

• FOR GLAZE:
• 1/2 cup butter, softened (I used Land O Lakes)
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree (the puree, NOT pumpkin pie filling!)
• 2 eggs
• 1 & 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 Tbsp maple syrup
• 2-3 Tbsp milk, optional if glaze is too thick

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Liberally grease a 9" loaf pan with cooking spray and set aside.
Meanwhile, in a bowl combine all of the above bread ingredients and beat at medium speed with a handheld mixer, scraping down the sides of the bowl, until well-mixed.
Pour the bread mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for approx. 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out mostly clean or with a couple moist crumbs (not wet). Cool for about 15 minutes, then very gently remove from pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
While bread cools, make your glaze: in a small saucepan, heat butter over medium-low heat until melted. Continue cooking, watching butter carefully, until it sizzles and begins to turn amber in color, about 4-5 minutes. Do not overcook because it can quickly burn! When butter looks caramel-colored and smells kind of nutty, it's done. Remove butter from heat and stir in the powdered sugar and maple syrup until a soft glaze has formed.
Pour the glaze generously over top of the pumpkin loaf and let it set, about 30 minutes. Cut into slices and serve!