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As soon as I saw this prompt, I knew that I would be submitting my Grandma Pike’s famous bread. It’s the one recipe that everyone in my family continues to talk about and make, 15 years after her death. I have a whole blog full of recipes, but I know this is one that I’ll pass down to my kids, also.
Although Grandma Pike’s recipe wasn’t super unhealthy, over time I’ve tweaked it to make it a tad healthier. She used 1/2 whole wheat flour and 1/2 all-purpose flour. I swapped out the whole wheat flour for white whole wheat flour and whole wheat pastry flour takes the place of the all-purpose flour. This makes it a 100% whole grain bread instead of just 50%, but the whole wheat pastry flour keeps the loaf from being too dense. I also take out the refined sugar in favor of unprocessed, whole cane sugar. (I’ve shared this recipe before with Xylitol, but I don’t keep that on hand and more often use Sucunat.) That last change I make is that instead of using cow’s milk, I opt for a non-dairy milk, which makes this a vegan quick bread and cuts the amount of fat and calories.
Even with the healthy changes, this is my favorite quick bread of all time. You need this bread in your life!
PrintWhole Wheat Molasses Quick Bread
100% Whole Wheat Molasses Quick Bread. This is a vegan quick bread recipe that is super easy–one bowl–and totally delicious!! Your family will gobble this up and won’t even realize it’s healthy.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
- Yield: 1 loaf
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/4 cup Sucunat or coconut palm sugar
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 1/2 cup unsweetened non-dairy milk + 1 1/2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar (I prefer unsweetened almond milk)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a standard loaf pan. In a large bowl, mix the first six (dry) ingredients well. Stir in molasses and milk and mix well. Pour into prepared loaf pan and bake for one hour at 350 degrees.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 whole loaf
- Calories: 2163
- Sugar: 208g
- Sodium: 3400mg
- Fat: 29g
- Carbohydrates: 449g
- Protein: 57g
I hope you enjoy this Whole Wheat Molasses Quick Bread as much as my family has over the years. It’s perfect warm with a smear of butter, or my personal favorite, topped with apple butter.
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Grandma’s passed-down recipes are the best! Especially if you can healthy them up a little. You could even make mini-loaves to give as gifts, since it’s such an easy recipe.
Great idea!
In the oven! I had a hard time not adding any cinnamon or ginger since I always do with molasses baked goods, but I cannot wait to try it! Love how quick and easy it is, with pantry staples and no eggs (migraine trigger)… Might need to become a favorite of our family too!
I hope you love it as much as we do!
This is the best bread! Can’t believe how easy and delicious it is… just pulled it out of the oven and am eating a hot slice right now. I didn’t have enough molasses, so it was about 1/4 cup molasses. I also used all white whole wheat flour (no pastry flour). The texture may be a little dense, but the flavor is absolutely delicious.
Yay! So glad you enjoyed this, Cassie. It’s definitely one of my all-time favorites.