Courtesy of:
Sugar 
Episode:
Country Spices 
Host:
Anna Olson  
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Spiced Country Loaf

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Ingredients:

Spiced Country Loaf

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp fancy molasses
  • 2 tbsp golden corn syrup
  • 3 tbsp dark brown sugar, packed
  • 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
  • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp ground allspice
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup 2% milk, warmed
  • 1 cup apple sauce
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp ground almonds
  • 1 cup lightly toasted walnut pieces
 
Directions:

Spiced Country Loaf

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
  2. Melt butter, molasses, corn syrup and sugar until fluid and remove from heat. Stir together flours, baking powder, spices and salt and blend into butter mixture. Stir in eggs. In a separate cup, stir milk, apple sauce, baking soda and ground almonds and add to batter. Stir in walnuts.
  3. Scrape batter into prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow loaf to cool for 15 minutes, then turn out to cool completely.