Spiced cranberry bread

Here's another variation of the basic bread with sweet mixed spices (coriander, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, fennel, cloves, and cardamon) and dried cranberries.

Spiced cranberry bread

Ingredients

yields 1 loaf

1¼ C blanched almond flour
¼ C + 2 tbsp garbanzo bean (chickpea) flour
¼ C ground golden linseeds
2 tsp baking soda
3 tbsp sweet mixed spices
⅛ tsp pink salt
5 large free range eggs, separated
¼ C butter, melted
1½ tbsp Greek yoghurt
2 tbsp xylitol
1 C dried cranberries

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 175°C. Grease an 8 ½" × 4 ½" loaf pan if required.
2. In a large bowl, combine the sifted almond flour, chickpea flour, ground linseeds, baking soda, sweet mixed spices, and salt. Mix thoroughly.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together the egg yolks, melted butter, yoghurt, and xylitol.
4. Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture in 3-4 batches, mixing until well combined. At this stage, the flour mixture will be a bit stiff and dry. Mix in the cranberries.

   

   Flour, spice, egg & cranberry mix

5. In a large bowl and using an electric mixer on high, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.

   

   Beaten egg whites

6. Fold the beaten egg whites into the flour mixture in 3-4 batches, taking care to distribute the egg whites evenly. The egg whites will loosen the flour mixture up.
7. Spread the mixture into the pan and bake for 40 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

   

   Bread mix in the pan

8. Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing and letting cool completely on a rack.
9. Serve sliced, plain or  toasted, or with a bit of butter.

Spiced cranberry bread slices

I must confess that I completely forgot to put in the Greek yoghurt, and there I was wondering why the flour & egg yolk mix was so stiff and dry (I had attributed it to the sweet mixed spices)! Luckily the loaf turned out perhaps a tinsy bit dry but really it was fine. The spices worked beautifully with the cranberries. The loaf tasted best when sliced and toasted with a bit of butter.

Slices of spiced cranberry bread, lightly toasted & buttered