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Tahitian Sweet Bread
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 50 Minutes
Ready In: 65 Minutes
Servings: 6
A sweet bread adorned with orange, dried mango and pineapple and spiked with crystalized ginger. A favorite in Tahiti, but served throughout the Pacific.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup yogurt
2 egg whites (whipped until foamy and almost stiff)
2 tablespoons oil
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon crystallized ginger
1 orange (zest and juiced)
1/2 cup dried mango (diced)
1/2 cup dried pineapple (diced)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350, grease a 9x5 loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine yogurt,sugar, oil, juice of orange,vanilla and ginger.
3. Stir in flour,soda,baking powder,and salt, do not over mix, stir in dried mango and pineapple pieces and orange zest; gently fold in whipped egg whites.
4. Pour into a prepared loaf pan, bake about 50 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
5. Allow to cool in tin for 10 minutes.
By RecipeOfHealth.com