Hot and Spicy Gingerbread Loaf

Yield: 14 servings (serving size: 1 slice)

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1  tablespoon  flour
• 11.25  ounces  all-purpose flour (about 2 1/2 cups)
• 2  teaspoons  baking powder
• 2  teaspoons  ground ginger
• 1  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/2  teaspoon  baking soda
• 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4  teaspoon  dry mustard
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground cloves
• 1/2  cup  water
• 1/2  cup  plain low-fat yogurt
• 1/4  cup  molasses
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  instant coffee granules
• 1/4  cup  butter, softened
• 3/4  cup  packed brown sugar
• 2  teaspoons  grated peeled fresh ginger
• 1  large egg
• 1  large egg white

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. Coat a 9 x 5–inch loaf pan with cooking spray; dust with 1 tablespoon flour.

3. Weigh or lightly spoon 11.25 ounces flour (about 2 1/2 cups) into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine 11.25 ounces flour and next 8 ingredients (through cloves), stirring with a whisk.

4. Combine 1/2 cup water, yogurt, molasses, and coffee granules in a bowl, stirring with a whisk.

5. Place butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth (about 1 minute). Add sugar and fresh ginger; beat at medium speed until well combined (about 1 minute). Add egg and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beating at low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with yogurt mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

6. Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan; cool completely on wire rack.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

186 (19% from fat)

Fat:

4g (sat 2.3g,mono 1g,poly 0.3g)

Protein:

3.6g

Carbohydrate:

34.3g

Fiber:

0.8g

Cholesterol:

24mg

Iron:

1.9mg

Sodium:

222mg

Calcium:

87mg