Dark Chocolate Butternut Squash Bread



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Prep Time:
10 mins

Cook Time:
45 mins

Additional Time:
1 hr

Total Time:
1 hr 55 mins

Servings:
10

Yield:
1 loaf


Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • ½cupunsweetened applesauce
  • ⅓cupnonfat Greek yogurt
  • ¼cupcoconut oil
  • ½cupsucralose-sugar blend for baking (such as Truvia® Baking Blend)
  • 2large egg whites
  • ¼cupunsweetened almond milk
  • ½cuppureed butternut squash
  • 1 ½teaspoonsalmond extract
  • ⅔cupunsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1teaspoonsea salt
  • 1teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1 ⅓cupsoat flour
  • ¼cupminiature chocolate chips, divided

  • Directions

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.

    Blend applesauce, Greek yogurt, and coconut oil together in a bowl using an electric mixer. Mix in sucralose-sugar blend until combined. Add egg whites and almond milk; blend until fluffy. Mix in butternut squash and almond extract. Add cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder; mix to combine. Add oat flour slowly, mixing batter until no dry spots remain. Fold in about chocolate chips by hand, reserving a few to sprinkle on top.

    Pour batter into the prepared pan; sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips over the batter.

    Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes. Let cool in pan for 1 hour.



    Cook's Note:

    If you are not gluten-sensitive, whole wheat flour works too.


    Nutrition Facts (per serving)

    198 Calories
    9g Fat
    27g Carbs
    5g Protein

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