Best-Ever Brown Bread with Lemon-Cream Cheese Topping

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This moist, super-quick bread with a lemony topping is a test kitchen favorite -all the taste panelists loved it! You will too.

Oats, whole wheat flour and flaxseed is a winning combination for a deliciously moist bread that is even better when toasted. The flaxseed in this recipe replaces eggs and much of the oil that is used in most other quick breads.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal® whole wheat flour
• 1 cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
• 1/3 cup ground flaxseed or flaxseed meal
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 2/3 cups buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon old-fashioned oats
• Lemon-Cream Cheese Topping
• 3 ounces reduced-fat Neufchatel cream cheese, softened
• 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 8x4-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
2. In large bowl, mix flours, brown sugar, 1/2 cup oats, the flaxseed, baking soda and salt. Stir in buttermilk just until mixed. Pour batter into pan. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon oats.
3. Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours, before slicing.
4. Beat all topping ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Spread topping lightly over bread. Refrigerate any remaining topping.

Nutritional Information

1 Slice: Calories 150 (Calories from Fat 25); Total Fat 3g (Saturated Fat 1g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 280mg; Total Carbohydrate 28g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 11g); Protein 4g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 6%; Iron 6% Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.