Dotted with red and green fruit and nuts, this festive quick bread takes 20 minutes to put in the oven. Enjoy a slice for breakfast or serve with Christmas dinner.
Apple-Cranberry-Pistachio Bread
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 3 hr 0 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
Bread
- 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup apple cider or apple juice
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup shredded peeled apple (1 medium)
- 1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 1/3 cup chopped pistachios
Topping
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 teaspoons apple cider or apple juice
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped pistachios
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour bottom only of 8x4-inch loaf pan. In large bowl with wooden spoon, mix flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt. Beat in oil, 1/3 cup cider and eggs until smooth. Stir in apple, cranberries and 1/3 cup pistachios. Spoon and spread evenly in pan.
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Step2Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
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Step3In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and enough of the 2 to 3 teaspoons cider for desired glaze consistency. Spread over top of bread. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons pistachios.
Nutrition
180
Calories
6g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
28g
Total Carbohydrate
17g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 140mg
- 6%
- Potassium
- 70mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 28g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 17g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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