Weigh out the ingredients
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You'll need flour, vanilla, pumpkin puree, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin spice, pumpkin seeds, eggs, brown sugar, and brown butter.
Brown the butter
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In a small saucepan, melt 297g of unsalted butter over medium heat, stirring with a rubber spatula to encourage even cooking. Once it turns a dark golden color and the fat solids have darkened and settled at the bottom of the pan, immediately pour into a large bowl.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and ½ teaspoon salt. Set aside.
Combine the dry ingredients
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To the brown butter, whisk in the sugars, then the eggs and vanilla until fully combined.
Mix in the sugars
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Then, whisk in the pure pumpkin puree.
Whisk in the pumpkin
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Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and gently mix until fully combined.
Mix wet & dry
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Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth out the top.
Add batter to pan
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Use a knife to draw a straight line down the center of the batter. Pipe the brown butter along the line. Sprinkle pumpkin seeds on top, if desired. Bake the pumpkin bread for 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes or until a deeply golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Top & bake
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Allow the pumpkin bread to cool completely in the pan. Use a serrated knife to cut individual slices and enjoy!
Cool & slice
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