Saturday, February 25, 2012

Recipe for Oatmeal Raisin Quick Bread


Yield: 1 loaf (9x5 pan)
Time: 60 minutes

Ingredients:
  • ¾ cup whole wheat flour
  • ¾ cup cake flour
  • 1 ½ cups old fashioned oats (uncooked)
  • ¼ cup sugar (plus more to sprinkle on top-optional)
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 2 TBSP cinnamon
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ cup 2% milk
  • ¾ cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
  • ¼ cup macadamia nut oil
  • ½ cup honey
  • ½ cup golden raisins
  • Baking spray (or butter)
  • Parchment paper

 Method:
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Lightly spray a 9x5 loaf pan with baking spray (or spread with butter) and line with parchment paper sling. Lightly spray parchment.
  • Sift flours, sugar, salt, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon together in a bowl.
  • Stir in oats and raisins.
  • In a second bowl, mix together the egg, milk, yogurt, oil and honey.
  • Stir wet ingredients into dry, just to mix.   Batter may be a little lumpy, that is okay, don’t over mix.
  • Pour into parchment lined loaf pan.
  • Bake for 45 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Sprinkle top with sugar when removed from oven (optional).
  • Cool 10 minutes in pan on a rack then remove from pan and continue cooling.
  • Serve room temperature, warmed or toasted.