10.11.2010

Healthy Makeover Pumpkin Bread from the Titanium Chef

Pumpkin bread is one of my all time favorite fall recipes!  Sadly these type of quick breads can be really unhealthy...lots of oil and sugar.  This recipe has half the sugar of a normal one and only a little oil!  And the best part is that you will never notice a difference, that is how good it is!  Throw in a handful of chocolate chips to make it a tasty dessert!

Healthy Makeover Pumpkin Bread

1 cup light brown sugar
2 large egg whites
1 cup pure pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
1/4 cup canola oil
1/3 cup low-fat plain yogurt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Spray 8 1/2" by 4 1/2" meatal loaf pan with cooking spray.  In large bowl, with wire whisk, combine brown sugar and egg whites.  Add pumpkin, oil, yogurt, and vanilla extract; stir to combine.  In  medium bowl, combine all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt.  Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture; stir until just combined.  Do not overmix.  pour batter into prepared pan.  Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean.  Cool in pan 10 minutes.  Remove from pan and put on cooling rack; cool completely.  There are 16 servings in this loaf; each one has 140 calories and 4 grams of fat. 

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