Dark Chocolate Butternut Squash Bread

Description

Insanely delicious dark chocolate butternut squash bread lightened up and made gluten-free with whole grains, Greek yogurt, and applesauce. This creamy, low-calorie bread is what a chocolate lover’s dreams are made of!

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • ⅓ cup nonfat Greek yogurt
  • ¼ cup coconut oil
  • ½ cup sucralose-sugar blend for baking (such as Truvia® Baking Blend)
  • 2 large egg whites
  • ¼ cup unsweetened almond milk
  • ½ cup pureed butternut squash
  • 1 ½ teaspoons almond extract
  • ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 ⅓ cups oat flour
  • ¼ cup miniature chocolate chips, divided

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.
  2. Blend applesauce
  3. Greek yogurt
  4. and coconut oil together in a bowl using an electric mixer. Mix in sucralose-sugar blend until combined. Add egg whites and almond milk; blend until fluffy. Mix in butternut squash and almond extract. Add cocoa powder
  5. salt
  6. baking soda
  7. and baking powder; mix to combine. Add oat flour slowly
  8. mixing batter until no dry spots remain. Fold in about chocolate chips by hand
  9. reserving a few to sprinkle on top.
  10. Pour batter into the prepared pan; sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips over the batter.
  11. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
  12. 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool in pan for 1 hour.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins

Servings: 10

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