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Home » Healthy Eating » Cookbook » Pistachio and Fig Bread

Pistachio and Fig Bread
(makes 12 servings)

Ingredients: Nutrition Facts for Pistachio and Fig Bread (text version below directions)
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2 cups all-purpose flour

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1/2 cup sugar

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1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

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1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

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1/2 teaspoon baking soda

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1/2 teaspoon salt

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1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

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1/2 cup unsalted roasted pistachios (or walnuts), shelled and chopped

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8 dried figs, chopped

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2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger (or 1 teaspoon ground ginger)

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1 cup low-fat buttermilk

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1/3 cup molasses

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2 tablespoons canola oil

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2 eggs

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Nonfat cooking spray

Directions:
1.

Preheat oven to 350º F.

2.

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg and mix well.

3.

Make a well in the center of the mixture and add the pistachios and figs. Mix well.

4.

In a medium-sized bowl, combine ginger, buttermilk, molasses, oil and eggs, mix well then pour into flour mixture. Stir until batter is moist.

5.

Coat an 8" x 4" loaf pan with nonfat cooking spray. Pour in batter then bake at 3500 for 1 hour or until toothpick or knife inserted in center comes out clean.

6.

Let pan cool for 15-20 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen bread from pan and cool completely on wire rack before slicing.


TEXT VERSION OF NUTRITION FACTS:
Serving Size: 1/12 of recipe (89 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 12
Amount per serving
Calories 238
Calories from fat 55
Total Fat 6 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 36 mg
Sodium 191 mg
Total Carbohydrates 41 g
Dietary Fiber 3 g
Sugars 14 g
Protein 6 g
Vitamin A 2%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 8%
Iron 15%

Updated: Saturday, November 15, 2003 at 02:47 PM

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