Quick Honey-spice Bread

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup skim milk (or reduced fat)
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup brown sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 spray a 9x5 loaf pan with cooking spray.
• 3 in a large bowl combine first 7 ingredients (and sugar if using) and mix well.
• 4 in a small bowl whisk together milk, honey and egg.
• 5 add milk mixture to flour mixture, stir together.
• 6 spoon batter into prepared pan.
• 7 bake until a toothpick comes out clean in the center, about 50 minutes in my oven.
• 8 place pan on wire rack to cool for 10 minutes, then turn loaf out onto rack to cool completely.
• 9 to make a glaze for the bread use 3 tablespoons honey, 2 tablespoons margarine and 2 teaspoons packed brown sugar. microwave on high until melted, then spoon over warm bread.