Chocolate Walnut Oatmeal Apple Bread

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 cups white sugar
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup mashed sweet potatoes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
• 3 cups peeled, cored, and cubed granny smith apples
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 40 mins


• preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c). grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan and dust with 1 tablespoon cocoa powder.
• whisk sugar and oil together in a large bowl until smooth. beat eggs, 1 at a time, into sugar-oil mixture, beating thoroughly before adding the next egg. beat mashed sweet potato and vanilla extract into sugar-egg mixture until smooth.
• sift flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a separate bowl. sprinkle oats over flour mixture. stir flour mixture, 2 to 3 tablespoons at a time, into sweet potato mixture until batter is just mixed; fold in apples and walnuts. spread batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• bake in the preheated oven for 70 minutes. increase temperature to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out nearly clean, 20 to 30 minutes more.