Description
Using applesauce instead of butter reduces the fat of this delicious bread. Could also be made as cupcakes or muffins. Toasting the pecans is optional.
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup pecans
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ⅓ cups packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup applesauce
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 ½ tablespoons cider vinegar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
- Spread pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet.
- Bake pecans in the preheated oven until golden
- 5 to 7 minutes. Remove pecans from oven and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix flour
- brown sugar
- cinnamon
- baking soda
- baking powder
- nutmeg
- and salt together in a large bowl. Stir applesauce
- water
- vegetable oil
- and vinegar together in a separate bowl. Stir applesauce mixture into flour mixture until just combined; fold in pecans. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean
- 50 to 60 minutes. Cool bread in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 9