A tangy, moist Pumpkin Cranberry quick bread for breakfast or dessert
Ingredients
1-1/2cupsunbleached all-purpose flour
1cupwhole-wheat flour
1teaspoonbaking powder (low sodium)
½teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonFine Pink Salt
2teaspoonscinnamon
1cupbutternut squash or pumpkin puree
½cupsSplenda Brown Sugar Blend (or Brown Sugar)
½cupplain nonfat yogurt or buttermilk
¼cupfrozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1egg, lightly beaten
1tablespoongrated orange zest
1tablespooncanola oil
¾cupdried cranberries (reduced sugar)
Instructions
Lightly coat an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2 loaf pan with vegetable oil spray.
In a large bowl, mix together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
In a blender or food processor, combine the squash or pumpkin puree, brown sugar, yogurt or buttermilk, orange juice concentrate, egg, orange zest, and canola oil and process until smooth.
Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add the squash or pumpkin mixture.
Stir just until blended; do not over mix.
Stir in the cranberries.
Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack and let cool completely. Cut into thin slices to serve. Accompany with yogurt cheese.
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