What You Need:

• 1 box Marion's Cookie and Muffin Baking Mix
• ⅓ cup extra light olive oil
• 1 large egg
• ¾ cup unsweetened apple sauce
• ¾ cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon low sodium baking powder
• ¼ cup of Fat-free Greek style yogurt (regular or soy for dairy-free will also work)
• 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon or as per preference
• Optional: 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds, for a moister version, add 3 extra tablespoons of apple sauce.

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Measure apple sauce: Optional mix in 2 tablespoons of ground flax seeds.
• Grease baking pan with GF baking spray (or margarine).
• Place Marion's Smart Delight mix in a bowl; add baking powder and mix with whisk.
• Add egg, olive oil and yogurt.
• Mix (with electric mixer) for 10 seconds at low speed and 1-2 minutes at high speed.
• Add apple sauce, mix well.
• Add raisins and mix evenly.
• Fill into greased baking pan
• As bread, bake for approximately 35-45 minutes, depending on your oven's performance. Check with a toothpick after 35 minutes. The cinnamon raisin bread should be a beautiful golden color and the toothpick will come out clean when done.
• As muffins, bake for approximately 25 minutes.
• Let cool for 5 minutes in baking pan before placing on the cooling rack.

Nutritional Information (for 1 of 12 slices of bread or 12 muffins): Calories 167, Calories from Fat 58, Total Fat 6g, Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g, Cholesterol 18mg, Sodium 46mg. Total Carbohydrate 27g, Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 10g, Protein 2g, Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 8%, Iron 4%

If you would like to reduce the sugar content slightly, reduce the raisins to 1/2 cup instead of 3/4 cup.

For vegan alternative, use your favorite egg substitute equivalent with 1 large or jumbo egg. We suggest Chia/Salba, but chemically based egg substitute and flax seeds will also work.