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Ingredientes
- Pumpkin bread with chopped walnuts and sweetened dried cranberries
- Instruments
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup wheat bran
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp each baking soda, salt and ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp each ground ginger and ground cloves
- 1 cup mashed pumpkin (canned or fresh)
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup lightly packed brown sugar
- ½ cup low-fat plain yogurt
- 2 tbsp canola oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 1/3 cup sweetened dried cranberries
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