How to Make Dark Chocolate With Nuts

Dark Chocolate Butternut Squash Bread

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Recipe Summary Dark Chocolate Butternut Squash Bread

Insanely delicious dark chocolate butternut squash bread lightened up and made gluten-free with whole grains, Greek yogurt, and applesauce. This creamy, low-calorie bread is what a chocolate lover's dreams are made of!

Ingredients | Dark Chocolate With Nuts

cooking spray

½ cup unsweetened applesauce

⅓ cup nonfat Greek yogurt

¼ cup coconut oil

½ cup sucralose-sugar blend for baking (such as Truvia® Baking Blend)

2 large egg whites

¼ cup unsweetened almond milk

½ cup pureed butternut squash

1 ½ teaspoons almond extract

⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 ⅓ cups oat flour

¼ cup miniature 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.

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

Info | Dark Chocolate With Nuts

prep: 10 mins cook: 45 mins additional: 1 hr total: 1 hr 55 mins Servings: 10 Yield: 1 loaf

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