Applesauce Bread! |
Today I felt inspired to bake and decide to make SkinnyTaste's Applesauce Nut Bread. It's a low-fat quick bread that just sounded incredible and I wanted the apartment to smell like baked apples. The original recipe called for chopped walnuts but Chris isn't the biggest fan of nuts and I need to make sure that he will eat this too...otherwise I'll eat it all myself! :D I also used honey instead of agave since it's what I had. I also decided to try something different to lighten up this recipe even further. It really didn't need to be lightened up, but I was curious to see if I could find another substitute for vegetable oil. Applesauce is my usual oil substitute but since this recipe already calls for 1 1/2 cups of applesauce, I wanted to try something different. I probably would have tried pumpkin if I didn't think I would have wasted the rest of the can. I also thought about using yogurt, but all I had was plain, nonfat Greek yogurt and I was worried that it would dry it out. Looking back now, that was probably silly as it only calls for 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to begin with. Anyway, I had reduced fat buttermilk in the refrigerator from making Irish Soda Bread last week and found (via the wonders of the internet) that it could be a substitute for vegetable oil! Score! The bread came out moist and delicious and it knocked a one Weight Watchers point off the serving size. Between the buttermilk and not including nuts, it went from 4 Points Plus per slice to just 2!
Applesauce Bread
1 large finely diced, peeled apple, diced into ¼" pieces
½ teaspoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
1¼ teaspoon cinnamon
1½ cups applesauce
1½ cups white whole wheat flour
¾ cup brown sugar, not packed
1 tsp baking soda
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
pinch allspice
¼ tsp salt
2 tablespoons reduced fat buttermilk
2 large egg whites
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
1½ ounces chopped walnuts (optional)
cooking spray
In a medium bowl combine diced apple, 1/8 tsp cinnamon, honey, and lemon juice. Set aside.
In a medium bowl combine diced apple, 1/8 tsp cinnamon, honey, and lemon juice. Set aside.
I used a Jonagold apple...delicious! |
How cute is my honey bear? |
In a mixing bowl combine buttermilk, egg whites, sugar, applesauce, and vanilla; beat at medium speed until incorporated. Scrape down sides of the bowl.
All the wet ingredients + brown sugar. |
Add the flour mixture and blend at low speed until combined. Do not over mix. Fold in apples.
All together now! :) But sorry I forgot to take a picture of the apples folded in. |
Pour batter into loaf pan and bake in the center rack about 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Into the loaf pan it goes! |
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