APPLESAUCE BREAD

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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.

Provided by Martha Rose Shulman

Categories breakfast, dessert, side dish

Time 1h15m

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

Number Of Ingredients 16

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
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
90 grams (about 1/2 cup) raw brown sugar (turbinado) or packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup canola oil or grapeseed oil
1/4 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

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees with a rack in the middle. Lightly oil a loaf pan and line with parchment. Oil the parchment.
Sift together the flours, baking soda, spices and salt.
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.
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.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 191, UnsaturatedFat 7 grams, Carbohydrate 26 grams, Fat 9 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 166 milligrams, Sugar 10 grams, TransFat 0 grams