Healthy meal to try!
{ June 25th, 2008 }
Sweet Potato Bread with Flaxseed and Honey
The new light is about adding, not taking away: Flaxseed, for example, can work wonders with bread.
Yield: 16 servings (serving size: 1 (1/2-inch) slice)
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup flaxseed
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg white
- 1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato
- Cooking spray
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°.
Place flaxseed in a clean coffee grinder or blender; process until coarsely ground. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flaxseed, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture. Beat cream cheese and the next 5 ingredients (cream cheese through egg white); stir in sweet potato. Add to the flour mixture, stirring just until moist.
Spoon batter into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
Note: To freeze bread for up to 1 month, place in an airtight container, or wrap in heavy-duty plastic wrap or foil. Thaw at room temperature.
Nutritional Information
- Calories:
- 171 (27% from fat)
- Fat:
- 5.1g (sat 2.1g,mono 1.3g,poly 1.4g)
- Protein:
- 3.6g
- Carbohydrate:
- 29g
- Fiber:
- 1.8g
- Cholesterol:
- 22mg
- Iron:
- 1.4mg
- Sodium:
- 157mg
- Calcium:
- 44mg
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