- cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons flaxseed meal
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1 cup loosely packed brown sugar
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup almond milk
- 2 cups pumpkin puree
- 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 dash ground nutmeg
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 loaf pans with cooking spray.
- Combine water and flaxseed meal in a small bowl. Let stand until thickened, about 5 minutes.
- Stir flaxseed mixture, applesauce, brown sugar, vegetable oil, and almond milk together in a bowl. Add pumpkin puree.
- Mix whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cardamom, cloves, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Blend in applesauce mixture. Divide batter between loaf pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before inverting onto a wire rack.