Healthy Rhubarb Bread

This Healthy Rhubarb Bread is light, moist, and delicious! It's also loaded with healthy ingredients like Greek yogurt, unsweetened coconut and applesauce, orange, whole wheat, and cinnamon. It makes a great breakfast, afternoon snack, or dessert.

Rhubarb bread is popular in the spring during rhubarb season (the end of April to early July). This rhubarb quick bread recipe was inspired by my Healthy Rhubarb Muffins (Weight Watchers Friendly) and my Healthy Carrot Loaf, as well as my love for rhubarb and my need to find a healthier and lower sugar way of enjoying it. It also inspired me to create this healthy Rhubarb Overnight Oats recipe.

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• 🥘Ingredients
• 🔪Instructions
• 📖Variations & Substitutions
• 🥗 Pairing
• 🍽Equipment
• 🌡️Storage
• 👪 Serving Size
• 🔢WW Points
• 💭Top tip
• 🦺Food safety
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It's not easy to find healthy rhubarb recipes that are lower in sugar and fat and that's also what motivated me to create this recipe. And although it's healthier than your typical rhubarb recipe, it does not disappoint when it comes to taste! Just the aroma of this bread baking in your oven will have you salivating!

I used frozen rhubarb for this recipe, but you can use fresh. (*see NOTES in recipe card) I have a small rhubarb patch of my own rhubarb plants, but they don't usually mature until sometime in June, depending on the weather. So I am using the last of my frozen rhubarb from the final crop I harvested last summer. I usually can't find fresh rhubarb at the farmer's market or grocery store until mid-late May.

🥘Ingredients

You will need the following ingredients for this rhubarb bread recipe:

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• ⅓ cup unsweetened coconut (medium)
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
• ½ cup freshly squeezed orange juice * the juice from about 1 large orange about 2 medium oranges
• 1 cup non-fat plain Greek plain yogurt ( 0%)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 2 cups fresh rhubarb chopped into ½ inch pieces (or 1.5 cups frozen rhubarb, measured AFTER it's been defrosted and drained) *

🔪Instructions

Prep: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F/190 degrees C. Spray 2 loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray

Hint: If the bread is browning too fast on top,(check at 30-35 minutes) loosely cover the top with aluminum foil and return to oven

📖Variations & Substitutions

• Lactose-free- Use a lactose-free Greek yogurt
• Dairy-free- Use a yogurt substitute such as So Delicious Coconut Milk Yogurt Alternative
• Greek yogurt- you can use regular plain Greek yogurt instead of fat-free
• Oil - you can use vegetable oil or crisco oil instead of canola
• Orange juice - if you don't have oranges to squeeze for juice, you can use regular orange juice
• Rhubarb - you can use fresh rhubarb or frozen rhubarb for this recipe. *See NOTES in recipe card
• Mini loaves - you can make these into mini loaves, if you prefer

🥗 Pairing

This Healthy Rhubarb bread pairs perfectly with a cup of coffee or tea. I also like to serve it with these recipes:

🍽Equipment

You will need mixing bowls and spoons, a juicer (if you use freshly squeezed orange juice), a whisk, a cutting board, a bread knife, bread pan, and a zester. *See recipe card for recommended equipment links and photos

🌡️Storage

Store this moist rhubarb bread in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 4-5 days. To keep the bread from drying out, it's best to slice it off only as you need it, and cover the sliced end with plastic wrap.

You can also freeze this rhubarb bread for up to 3-4 months in a Ziploc freezer bag or an airtight container.

👪 Serving Size

This simple bread recipe makes 2 loaves and each loaf is 10 slices for a total of 20 slices. However, you can half, double or triple the recipe by clicking on the serving number and selecting the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust.

You can also make 1 loaf and 12 muffins. *Bake the muffins for about 18 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. *Do NOT use paper liners if you are using muffins (they will stick), use silicone or parchment

🔢WW Points

This Healthy Rhubarb Loaf is 4 ww points per slice. You can reduce the ww points by using a sugar substitute (such as monkfruit) or replace all the oil with applesauce. I tried replacing the oil with applesauce and it barely changed the texture (just a little more dense)

🦺Food safety

• Do not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw eggs
• Wash hands after touching raw eggs
• Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
• Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
• Never leave cooking food unattended

  See more guidelines at USDA.gov 

If you're looking for the best rhubarb bread and one that won't leave you overdrawn at the calorie bank, give this one a try!

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