Healthy Gingerbread Loaf

Healthy Gingerbread Loaf is moist and slightly sticky, made with warming spices, maple syrup, applesauce and whole wheat or spelt flour.

Ingredients

For Gingerbread Loaf:

2 cups spelt or whole wheat flour

1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger

2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs

3/4 cup applesauce unsweetened

1/2 cup molasses

1/4 cup maple syrup or honey

3 tablespoons avocado oil or any mild tasting

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Cooking spray I use Misto

For Glaze (optional):

1/2 cup icing sugar or powdered erythritol

1 1/2 - 2 tablespoons orange juice or water

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, line 9 x 5 loaf pan with unbleached parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, add flour, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; whisk well until no lumps. Set aside.

In another medium bowl, add eggs, applesauce, molasses, maple syrup, oil and vanilla extract; whisk well until combined.

Pour into the bowl with dry ingredients and mix gently with spatula, just enough to combine or until you see no more white flour pockets. Do not stir vigorously or over mix. Also good idea let mixture sit for a 1-2 minutes and then stir again.

Pour into prepared loaf pan and bake for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Remove from the oven, let cool for 5 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack to cool off for 1 hour or completely if using icing.

You can coat gingerbread loaf in honey glaze by drizzling small amounts of honey or maple syrup on a pastry brush and brushing on top. Or in a small bowl, whisk icing sugar and orange juice until smooth and drizzle on top.

Cut gingerbread loaf into 12 slices using serrated knife.