Red Currant Bakery

Brown Butter
0 Add the pumpkin pie spice into a medium heat safe mixing bowl.
2 In a medium stainless pot, add in the salted butter. Cook over medium low heat.
3 The butter will first melt, then it will get noisy and bubble. After a couple minutes, the noise will go away and it will begin to foam.
4 At this point you can start to stir it occasionally. The butter will start to brown, cook for an additional 30 seconds to a minute until brown bits start to foam to the top.
5 Turn off the heat and pour the brown butter over the pumpkin pie spice into the mixing bowl. Stir to combine and set aside for 5 minutes to cool off slightly.
7 Preheat the oven to 350 F and place a rack in the center.
Pumpkin Bread Batter
8 Add both sugars, salt, and vanilla into the bowl with the brown butter and whisk to combine. Then add in the pumpkin puree, whisk again, and then both eggs and whisk once more.
9 Pour in the all purpose flour along with the baking soda and baking powder right on top of the flour.
10 Use the whisk to first whisk the baking soda and baking powder into the flours and then completely in with the wet ingredients.
11 Pour in your chocolate chips or chunks as desired and use a rubber spatula to fold them in.
12 Place a parchment paper sling into the pan that goes from one long side, across the bottom and back up the other side.
13 Pour the batter into the 1 lb loaf pan.
14 Sprinkle the top with mini chocolate chips.
Bake the Pumpkin Bread
16 Place the cake in the hot oven and bake for 30 minutes. After the 30 minutes have passed, rotate the cake 180 degrees and bake for another 30 minutes.
17 Check to see if the cake is done by poking a toothpick into the center and check to make sure it comes out clean without any raw cake batter. It can be hard to tell because of the chocolate but also make sure the cake doesn't wobble anymore.
18 Once baked, take the pan out of the oven and leave to cool for 20 minutes.
19 Once cooled, use the parchment paper to lift the cake out and let it cool completely if you can. Cut it into 9 slices (or however many you want!)
20 Store leftovers in an airtight container either at a cool room temperature or in the fridge!