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Applesauce Bread

Serve this easy, moist and spicy quick bread with tea, pack it in a lunchbox or eat it for dessert. Use homemade or commercial applesauce with no sugar added.

Ingredients

  • 170 grams (1 1/2 cups) whole-wheat pastry flour
  • 70 grams (1/2 cup) unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 90 grams (about 1/2 cup) raw brown sugar (turbinado) or packed light brown sugar
  • ¼ cup canola oil or grapeseed oil
  • ¼ cup plain low-fat yogurt or buttermilk
  • 1 cup organic applesauce with no sugar added
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 50 grams (about 1/2 cup) walnuts, coarsely chopped, or 1/2 cup raisins, plumped for 5 minutes in warm water and drained
  • Nutritional Information
    • Nutritional analysis per serving (10 servings)

      228 calories; 10 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 4 grams monounsaturated fat; 4 grams polyunsaturated fat; 31 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams dietary fiber; 11 grams sugars; 4 grams protein; 37 milligrams cholesterol; 264 milligrams sodium

      • Note: Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available data.

One 9-by-5-inch loaf (12 slices).

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees with a rack in the middle. Lightly oil a loaf pan and line with parchment. Oil the parchment.
  2. Sift together the flours, baking soda, spices and salt.
  3. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs and sugar until the mixture is thick. Beat in the oil, yogurt or buttermilk, applesauce and vanilla. Whisk in the flour mixture without overbeating, and fold in the walnuts or raisins.
  4. Scrape into the loaf pan and bake 45 to 50 minutes, until the bread is firm and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
  • Advance preparation: This will benefit from being wrapped tightly in plastic and sitting overnight. It will keep for 3 or 4 days. Do not refrigerate.

1 hour 15 minutes

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