Grandma’s Pistachio Bread {VIDEO!}

This super moist Pistachio Bread recipe is made with one bowl, no mixer required, and is sooo easy! This Pistachio Bread is made with pistachio pudding mix, yellow cake mix, and ribbons of cinnamon-sugar for an ultra delicious bread or coffee cake! A family favorite that my Grandma’s been making for DECADES!

*This Pistachio Bread recipe was updated 11/13/16 with some newer, prettier pics! I hope they are prettier. 🙂

I am so disconnected from the world. I am back in Pennsylvania visiting my family this week for the holidays. I’m staying mostly at my Grandma’s house, and she doesn’t have internet. I mean, of course, because there aren’t that many 89-year-olds that really need internet! Totally understandable, but as a result, I am pretty MIA on the blog this week! My apologies. You deserve a break from my chatter anyway, so I’ll spare you any small talk and we’ll get more or less straight to the good stuff….

FOOD. Food with SUGAR in it. Lots of sugar. That’s what we’re all here for.

Let’s face it, we’re all swimming in last minute holiday preparations anyway, and you probably have all sorts of fun activities and family stuff going on this week! Since I’m home visiting family, staying at my Grandma’s, and since we often make this Pistachio Bread together for the holidays (though we make it year-round too), it seems fitting to share her Pistachio Bread recipe! I grew up on this stuff.

It’s absurdly easy and only requires a handful of ingredients. You can mix this Pistachio Bread altogether in one single bowl – no mixer is needed! It’s easy prep and easy clean up! When you’re mixing it, the pistachio pudding kinda makes it look like something out of Ghostbusters, but it definitely bakes up much more pretty.

We call it a bread, yes, but it’s pretty cake-like! This Pistachio Bread is moist and sweet, and has a thick ribbon of cinnamon and sugar both through the middle and on top. In the middle, it gets deliciously gooey and sticky, and it forms a perfect crustiness on top! Pistachio Bread is a fabulous snack or dessert, but warm from the oven with a pat of butter, this bread is perfect as a coffee cake for breakfast or brunch too. We love it and it’s been a family favorite for YEARS.

No one has to know how simple it is to make. That part stays a secret. K?

Grandma's Pistachio Bread {VIDEO!}

Sarah @ The Gold Lining Girl

This super moist Pistachio Bread recipe is made with one bowl, no mixer required, and is sooo easy! This Pistachio Bread is made with pistachio pudding mix, yellow cake mix, and ribbons of cinnamon-sugar for an ultra delicious bread or coffee cake! A family favorite that my Grandma's been making for DECADES!

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 55 minutes mins

Course Cake/Bread

Servings 8 servings

Ingredients

  

• 1 box golden butter or yellow cake mix
• 4 eggs
• 1 c. sour cream reduced-fat is fine
• 1/4 c. vegetable oil
• 1 - 3 oz. box instant pistachio pudding mix
• 1/2 c. cinnamon-sugar

Instructions

 

• In a large bowl, stir together cake mix, eggs, sour cream, oil, and pudding mix. Mixture will be thick.
• Spread half of it into a lightly greased tube pan.
• Sprinkle with half the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
• Swirl lightly with a knife.
• Add remaining batter to tube pan, and knife in remaining cinnamon-sugar.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes, or until edges are golden, and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10-15 minutes before inverting onto a serving platter.

If you love pistachio things, you might want to try these Pistachio Sugar Cookie Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting. They are so well-loved! I also adore this Amaretto Pistachio Cheesecake – the flavor combo is out-of-this-world. And this Coconut Pistachio Bundt Cake is INSANE. I am OBSESSED with it!