Bring the taste of Fall to your mornings with this easy Pumpkin Coffee Cake recipe. It's loaded with pumpkin spice flavor and topped with an amazing brown sugar cinnamon streusel crumb topping.
Spray a 9x9 square baking dish with cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice together until combined well.
In a separate medium bowl, mix the pumpkin, brown sugar, oil, maple syrup, and milk together well.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until combined but DO NOT overmix or coffee cake will be more dense.
Pour the batter into the baking pan and spread evenly in the pan.
In a small bowl, mix the dry crumb topping ingredients together and then add in the cold butter and press with a fork. Press until a crumb consistency is made and all flour is well
Sprinkle the crumb topping over on top of the batter.
Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes on mostly clean . Bake for another 5 minutes if the toothpick is mostly wet.
Notes
Use gluten free flour if desired.Use dark brown sugar or lower calorie coconut sugar if preferred. or even a mixture of light and brown sugars.Use or vegetable or melted coconut oil if desiredUse 1 teaspoon nutmeg, ½ teaspoon cloves and and ½ teaspoon allspice in place of the pumpkin pie spice.Substitute almond milk, oat milk or other non-dairy milk of your choice.Substitute buttermilk for the milk for a richer flavor.For a healthy version, substitute all natural unsweetened applesauce for the oil for lower calories.Use vegan butter in place of regular butter.Substitute honey or agave for the maple syrupBake in a bundt pan and increase the cooking time to 40-45 minutes or a 9x13 pan and decrease the cooking time to 25-30 minutes.if desired.Make muffins instead and cook for 20 minutes.Wrap in plastic wrap and then aluminum foil first then place in a zip closure and freeze for up to 2 months.Refrigerate leftovers for up to 4-5 days in an airtight container.Add a glaze if desired and drizzle over top after baking. 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons milk and ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract. You can also add a dash of cinnamon as well if you'd like.