Yields
12 servings
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ingredients
½
cup unsalted butter
2
Tbsp fancy molasses
2
Tbsp golden corn syrup
3
Tbsp dark brown sugar, packed
¾
cup whole wheat flour
¾
cup all purpose flour
1
Tbsp baking powder
2
tsp cinnamon
2
tsp ground ginger
1
tsp ground nutmeg
½
tsp ground allspice
¼
tsp ground cloves
¼
tsp salt
2
large eggs
⅓
cup 2% milk, warmed
1
cup apple sauce
1
tsp baking soda
2
Tbsp ground almonds
1
cup lightly toasted walnut pieces
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directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan.
Step 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.
Step 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.