Healthy Cinnamon Raisin Bread

This healthy cinnamon raisin bread is made with almond, spelt and coconut flours.

Back when I was old enough to make my own breakfast but before the nutritional profile of food even crossed my mind, aka middle & high school age, you could pretty much find Pepperidge Farm’s cinnamon raisin swirl bread on my plate almost every morning. Unless toaster strudels were in the freezer. Then my brother and I would fight over those and their delicious sugary icing at the kitchen counter with ABC news on the tv in the background (solely for Sam Champion’s 2 minute weather spiel. Oh, Sam. I’m glad you didn’t come out until much later in life so I could enjoy that childhood crush on your perfect blonde hair & blue eyes to it’s fullest extent).

And I wondered why I’d be starving for lunch by 10am. Carbs + sugar…breakfast of champions.

Funny enough, this bread has 3 main ingredients that I didn’t even know existed back in those days, almond flour, spelt flour and coconut flour and yet, the taste brings me right back to those school mornings.

And now that I do care about the nutritional profile of the foods I eat, I can say for sure this one definitely beats out Pepperidge Farm and their HFCS, partially hydrogenated oils and other ingredients I can’t even pronounce. It’s moist, full of cinnamon flavor and studded with raisins.

Unfortunately though, this time the bread doesn’t come with a side of teenage crush.

Cinnamon Raisin Bread

Author: Gina Matsoukas

This healthy cinnamon raisin bread is made with almond, spelt and coconut flours.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Servings 8 servings

Ingredients

  

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• 3/4 cup almond flour
• 1/2 cup spelt flour
• 1/4 cup coconut flour
• 1/4 cup ground flax seed
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup raisins black, golden or a mixture
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 11/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper.
• Combine dry ingredients including raisins in a large bowl and mix together.
• Whisk together wet ingredients in a small bowl.
• Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix with a spatula until combined.
• Transfer batter to the loaf pan spreading evenly and into the corners with a spatula.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes.
• Remove from oven, lift the parchment paper out of the loaf pan and place the bread (with the parchment still on it) on a cooling rack.
• Slice once cooled for at least 10 minutes.

Notes

*If you wanted to make this paleo, I believe substituting more almond flour for the spelt would work although I haven't tried it. Depending on how strict you are on paleo, the butter could also be subbed for melted coconut oil. The bread probably won't rise as much without the spelt flour though.

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1SERVING | Calories: 257kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 330mg | Potassium: 160mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 269IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 2mg

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Cuisine American

Course Baked Goods

Keyword cinnamon raisin bread, healthy cinnamon raisin bread

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Gina Matsoukas is the writer, founder, photographer and recipe developer of Running to the Kitchen — a food website focused on providing healthy, wholesome recipes using fresh and seasonal ingredients as much as possible. Her work has been featured in numerous media outlets both digital and print, including MSN, Huffington post, Buzzfeed, Women’s Health and Food Network.