Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin or 1 cup fresh pumpkin puree
  • 1/4 cup apple juice (or water)
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3 egg whites, lightly beaten
  • 3/4 cup cranberries, coarsely chopped
  • vegetable oil cooking spray
  • 1/4 cup pecans, chopped

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Combine the first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
  • Combine pumpkin, water, oil, vanilla, and egg whites; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
  • Fold in cranberries.
  • Pour batter into a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle pecans over batter.
  • Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Let cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack.