(makes 12 servings)
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup unsalted roasted pistachios (or walnuts), shelled and chopped
- 8 dried figs, chopped
- 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger (or 1 teaspoon ground ginger)
- 1 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1/3 cup molasses
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 eggs
- Nonfat cooking spray
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350º F.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg and mix well.
- Make a well in the center of the mixture and add the pistachios and figs. Mix well.
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine ginger, buttermilk, molasses, oil and eggs, mix well then pour into flour mixture. Stir until batter is moist.
- Coat an 8" x 4" loaf pan with nonfat cooking spray. Pour in batter then bake at 3500 for 1 hour or until toothpick or knife inserted in center comes out clean.
- Let pan cool for 15-20 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen bread from pan and cool completely on wire rack before slicing.
Reprinted with the permission of King County. © 2008 King County
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