Whole Wheat Cinnamon Applesauce Bread

Source: Mel's Kitchen Cafe

Ingredients:
1/4 cup oil (melted coconut, light olive oil, avocado, vegetable, melted butter)
2 large eggs (about 3.5 ounces)
1/2 cup (3.75 ounces) granulated sugar
1/2 cup (3.75 ounces) light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup buttermilk or sour cream (I honestly can't remember what I used)
1 cup no-sugar added cinnamon applesauce (I didn't have cinnamon applesauce, so I upped the cinnamon a bit)
1 3/4 cup (8.75 ounces) white whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon (I think I added an extra tablespoon, as suggested in the comments on Mel's blog)
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and lightly grease a 9X5-inch loaf pan (line the bottom with parchment - optional, but helps prevent the bottom of the loaf from sticking - I didn't do this and it was fine).

In a large bowl, whisk together the oil and eggs until well combined. Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, buttermilk and applesauce and mix until well-combined.

Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and stir until combined; a few lumps are ok (don't overmix - treat it like a good muffin batter that gets combined but not obliterated by mixing).

Pour the batter into the loaf pan and spread evenly.

Bake for 45-60 minutes (ovens will vary on exact time) until the top springs back lightly to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs but not wet batter.

Let cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack. Serve with butter or honey butter (I did it with butter and a drizzle of honey and man-oh-man was it delish!).

Notes:
I made this back in March.  We had a week of sick kids and cold, dreary weather and I needed some sort of outlet.  Of course I turned to baking!  We gobbled up the first loaf of this bread in no time and I froze the second one for later.  I took the once-frozen-now-thawed loaf with me to my grandpa's birthday party to share, and, while it was still good just by itself, I must say it was best fresh, warm and slathered with butter and honey.