This bread includes my "triple threat" of favorite spices - cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger! I love, love, love those three flavors together. One thing I have discovered about ginger, though - a little bit goes a LONG way! Dominic was telling me this afternoon, "I'm hungry!" When is he not hungry these days?!?!? It sometimes seems like he grows overnight! I gave him a piece of this bread and watched as he broke off half of it and stuffed the entire thing into his mouth. Yikes, I was more than a little concerned, because he has always refused to eat applesauce out of the jar! Well, guess what? He loved the bread and actually had a second piece. Cool, guess he's none the wiser that there is an entire CUP of applesauce in this scrumptious bread. I'm not going to tell him, are you?
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups white flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 cup honey
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 large eggs, beaten
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, if desired
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 1.5 quart loaf pan with non-stick spray and set aside. In large bowl, put the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Mix well with large spoon by hand. Add the honey, applesauce, eggs and butter and combine well. Fold in the walnuts gently (if you want to use them). Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the bread comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack about 20 minutes before removing bread from pan. Enjoy warm!
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