Pumpkin Crumble Bread

'Tis the season for all things Pumpkin. I was looking to kick up my pumpkin bread a notch and this recipe from The Hungry Housewife knocked my socks off. We ate one whole loaf as soon as it came out of the oven.

Pumpkin Bread with Crumb Topping
by the Hungry Housewife

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup light brown sugar
3 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 can (15 oz) Libby's Pumpkin
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 Tbs pumpkin pie spice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup buttermilk
1.2 cup toasted walnuts, chopped (optional)

Preheat the oven to 350.
Lightly grease two bread pans
Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Then add vanilla. Add eggs one at a time.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice & cinnamon. Add dry ingredients to the wet, alternating with the buttermilk, starting and ending with the flour. Fold in pumpkin and nuts (if you're the nutty kind.)

Pour into pans and top with crumb mixture and bake for 50-60 minutes.

Crumb Topping

1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup cold butter, cubed
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup walnuts

In a medium bowl, combine 1st five ingredients with a pastry blender or 2 forks, so it resembles crumbles. Mix in oatmeal and walnuts.