Caramel Apple Bread (not the pudding)

I made this last night and I remembered why I love apples so much! I would have taken a picture, but I ate it too fast. Priorities people, priorities. Apparently, mine start with eating before anything else. How I'm still a size 2, I have no idea. Eat up!

3 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
3 cups shredded apple (3 medium)
1 2/3 cups sugar
2/3 cup canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
Caramel (for drizzling)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or 375 degrees for high altitude). Grease a (9x5in) loaf pan or 2 (8x4in) loaf pans and sprinkle with flour.
Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and baking powder in a large bowl. In another bowl, mix apple, sugar, oil, vanilla, and eggs. Form a bowl like dent in the center of the flour mixture. Pour in the apple mixture and mix until fully blended.
Pour into loaf pan or divide evenly into both loaf pans. Bake 8-inch loaves 50 to 60 minutes, 9-inch loaf 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on cooling rack 10 minutes.
Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans and place top side up on cooling rack. Drizzle with caramel. Slice after 2 hours of cooling.

*You really don't have to wait to slice it. I mean you can if you want, but honestly, I like to just dig right in! Who doesn't love warm bread?
**You can wrap this in parchment paper and give it as a gift!

Caramel Apple Bread Pudding

This is my favorite dessert during the fall! It just screams "Hi, its fall! Apples are in season and you really need to make me so you can devour me!" Yes, that is exactly what I hear when this is mentioned. And I could list for days the words (or sounds) that will come out of your mouth once you taste it. The best part is that I don't have to feel guilty about it! Its only 187 calories! I am totally ok with that! So... enjoy and I'd love to know your response after trying it. Its to die for!

Caramel Apple Bread Pudding

1 cp unsweetened applesauce
½ cp packed brown sugar
1 cp fat-free milk
½ cp egg substitute
1 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp ground cinnamon
5 cps cubed wheat bread
½ cp chopped peeled apple
½ cp fat-free whipped topping
½ cp fat-free caramel topping

Preheat oven to 325. In large bowl, combine applesauce, milk, brown sugar, egg substitute, vanilla & cinnamon. Fold in bread cubes & apple. Pour into an 8-in. square baking dish (or pie dish) coated with cooking spray. Bake uncovered for 35 – 40 minutes (I bake for 45 min.) or until a knife inserted near center comes out clean. Serve warm w/ whipped topping and caramel topping. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 8 servings.

Serving size: 8
**Only 187 calories!