Honey Almond Flax Breakfast Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3 egg whites
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons canola oil
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups kashi golean honey almond flax crunch cereal, crushed
• 3/4 cup unbleached wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons light cream cheese (or increase the butter to 2 tbsp)
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups kashi golean honey almond flax crunch cereal, crushed
• 3/4 cup sliced almonds
• 2 tablespoons unbleached wheat flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°.
• 2 cream together egg whites, sugar, vanilla, oil, applesauce, and buttermilk, for one minute with a whisk or electric mixer.
• 3 crush the cereal in a large ziplock bag with a roller or flat surface until coarse small chunks.
• 4 in a separate bowl from the liquid mixture, combine cereal, flour, powder, soda, and salt.
• 5 mix into wet ingredients on low speeduntil blended (don't overmix).
• 6 let set for 15 minutes.
• 7 in a sauce-pan, over medium-high heat, stir together honey, cream cheese, butter, almond extract, and salt, and bring to a boil for 2 minutes while stirring constantly. be careful not to burn.
• 8 remove from heat and stir in the cereal, almonds, and flour until mixed.
• 9 pour thickened batter in a 9x5 or other square/rectangular pan, do not add topping.
• 10 bake for 30 minutes.
• 11 remove from oven, sprinkle topping on top, and insert back into ovenfor 20 minutes.
• 12 test center with woodenpick until it comes out dry. do not overbake, bread will firm some as it cools.