every once in awhile, i find a recipe that is too good not to share with you all. yesterday i made pumpkin apple bread with walnuts on top and it is soooo delish, i had to walk away from the loaf pan last night so there would be more than half left for today’s breakfast. i had never had pumpkin apple bread before, but saw it in the bakery at whole foods and thought…i should make that. so i found a suitable recipe online, tweaked it a bit and wah-la! the best part is that it’s kind of healthy, which i categorize by the use of whole wheat flour, raw sugar and no butter. err, one measly tablespoon of the yellow nectar as opposed to the usual two sticks. might as well be none.
and to that i say, why not make it a smidge less healthy with the addition of some caramel sea salt ice cream on the side? that’s what i’m talkin’ about.
pumpkin apple bread
makes 1 loaf
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup raw turbinado sugar
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. sea salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/8 tsp. allspice
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
1 cup milk (i used 2% as that’s what i had on hand but i’m sure skim would be fine)
between 1/2 and 1/3 cup vegetable oil (as in, not a 1/2 or 1/3 but between the line…odd, right? whatev, it works)
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tbsp. red wine vinegar (i was out so i used raspberry vinegar – and can we talk about the randomness of this ingredient?)
1 apple diced and sauteed in 1 tbsp. butter over medium-low heat for 7 minutes
chopped walnuts to preference
preheat oven to 350 and butter/flour a loaf pan. in a bowl, place the flours, sugar, baking soda, salt and spices. mix thoroughly. in a separate bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, oil, milk, vanilla and vinegar. make a well with the dry ingredients and add the wet to the middle. mix very gently until all is incorporated. fold in sauteed apples and pour into prepared pan. sprinkle with walnuts. bake for 50-60 minutes until a cake tester (i always use a fork or knife…do you think people own devices solely for cake testing? i’ve always wondered that when reading recipes.) comes out clean.
then DIG IN.
xoxo