Ingredients
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canola oil cooking spray
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1/2 cup whole wheat flour
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1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
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1/3 cup ground flax seeds
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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2 large eggs
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1 cup canned pumpkin
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1/4 cup canola oil
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1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
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1/2 cup apple juice
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
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1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1 cup dried cranberries
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1/2 cup Splenda granular, artificial sweetener
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 35o degrees. Lightly coat an 8 X4-inch loaf pan with canola oil spray and set it aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, flaxseed, sugar, baking soda, and salt, and set aside. In a medium bowl, lightly beat the eggs. Whisk in the pumpkin, canola oil, applesaucew, apple juice, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Stir in the dried cranberries.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mixing until all the dry ingredients are fully incorporated into the batter. Do not beat or overmix.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until a wooden toothpick inseted into the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove the bread from the pan and continue cooling on the rack.