Gingerbread - Slimmed

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Total Time:
55 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
40 min
Yield:
12 servings
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One of the pleasures of the holidays is the comforting aroma of fresh-baked gingerbread. Our recipe, both delicious and slimmed down, is a particularly welcome dessert at a time of year when it's easy to overindulge.

Ingredients

  • Vegetable cooking spray
  • 1 cup applesauce
  • 1/2 cup light buttermilk
  • 1 cup dark molasses
  • 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • Serving suggestion: Yogurt Sauce, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly spray a 9 by 13 by 2-inch cake pan with cooking spray. Line the pan with parchment or waxed paper.

Whisk together the applesauce, buttermilk, molasses, and sugar in a medium bowl. Add the eggs and whisk until smooth.

Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, salt, cloves, and allspice together in a large bowl. Add the molasses mixture into the flour mixture and whisk until combined.

Bring the water and butter to a boil in a small saucepan. Add the hot liquid to the batter, and whisk until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake the cake in the center of the oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack. Cut into 12 squares and serve with the yogurt sauce.

Serves: 12 (does not include yogurt sauce); Calories: 268; Total Fat: 4 grams; Saturated Fat: 2 grams; Protein: 5 grams; Total carbohydrates: 55 grams; Sugar: 30 grams; Fiber: 1.5 grams; Cholesterol: 43 milligrams; Sodium: 295 milligrams

  • Yogurt Sauce
  • 1 1/2 cups plain low-fat yogurt
  • 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar

Line a strainer with cheesecloth or a coffee filter and set over a small bowl. Stir the yogurt, and put it in the strainer. Set aside at room temperature to drain and thicken, about 30 minutes. Discard the excess liquid. In a small bowl, combine the thickened yogurt with the sugar. Serve.

Yield: about 1 cup (16 tablespoons)

Serving: 1 tablespoon

Total calories: 26 Total fat: 0.2 grams Saturated fat: 0 grams Carbohydrates: 5.18 grams

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  • on December 26, 2008

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    This was absolutely delicious...EVERYONE loved it and I will add it to the Christmas traditions at our house...made it in a Bundt pan, drizzled with a simple bittersweet chocolate ganache, added a sprig of Holly and it was the perfect holiday dessert! So moist and dense...no yucky diet taste at all. I'm thinking the disappointed reviewer above used old spices....

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  • on December 05, 2005

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    This receipe gives you the great taste of orginal gingerbread without the guilty feeling. I made it for Thanksgving and everyone really enjoyed it. Even my husband who dislikes a lot of low fat/calorie recipes. I made it my own by sprinkling the whole bread with confection sugar then each piece with sugar cinnimon and added some vanilla cool whip. Give it a try.

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  • on November 18, 2005

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    This turned out beautiful, good texture, but the taste just wasn't above average. No one ate it.

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Nutrition Facts

Calories
256
 
Fat
4 g
 
Saturated Fat
2 g
 
Carbohydrates
51 g
 
YOGURT
1 tbsp
 
GINGERBREAD
 

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