Low fat Apple Bread

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Since I had a couple of apples and couple of single serves of danon yogurts which needed to be consumed asap,I had this idea of trying to make an apple bread with yogurt in it.I looked around for a recipe in all the usual places, and though I found plenty of good recipes for apple bread,I could not find any with yogurt or vanilla yogurt in it.

Bolstered by my recent success with the cumin cookie I was feeling very creative and gutsy in my kitchen.I decided to take a few basic ideas from some recipes and try altering it with some of my own ideas and crossed my fingers that the final product will be at the very least edible.

When the bread was ready I gingerly removed it from the oven and was happy that it looked fine and that the bread did not cave in or crumble.After cooling and slicing it I cautiously tried popping a small piece of bread in my mouth and was extremely surprised.The bread had turned out wonderfully spongy and moist and tasted yummy.Since I completely eliminated butter and eggs for this recipe and used very little oil,this bread is lower in fat content too.

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Ingredients and method to make the Apple bread

2 cups of peeled,cored and diced apple ( I used 2 medium gala apples)
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp oil
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt ( I used danon vanilla yogurt)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp corn starch mixed into 1/4 cup of water (in lieu of 1 egg)

Preheat oven at 350 deg F. Mix all the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.

Add the vanilla yogurt,the corn starch mixed with water,the oil and mix well.

Add the cut apples and the vanilla extract and mix well

Pour into a greased bread pan and bake for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Notes:
If you want the bread a little drier you could probably reduce the amount of yogurt slightly.