Everyday Cooking Recipe ⇉ Pumpkin Flax Quickbread

This is a moist, dense quick bread suitable for breakfast or even Thanksgiving. It is a vegan version, containing no animal products.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons flax seed meal
• 6 tablespoons water
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• ½ cup applesauce
• 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
2. Whisk together flax seed meal and water. Mix in sugar, pumpkin and apple sauce.
3. In a large bowl, stir together all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, and cloves. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture; stir until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 65 to 70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.

Nutrition Facts

• calories175.5
• carbohydrateContent40.9 g
• fatContent0.8 g
• fiberContent1.8 g
• proteinContent2.2 g
• saturatedFatContent0.1 g
• sodiumContent315.6 mg
• sugarContent26.8 g