Apple Oatmeal Bread

• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ pure maple syrup
• ¾ cup vanilla yogurt
• ¼ cup apple sauce
• ¼ canola oil
• 1 egg
• ¾ rolled oats
• 1 cup unbleached flour
• ¾ cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups apples (Peeled, cored, and cut into bite sized pieces)
• ½ cup raisins
• ½ cup pecans (chopped)

Mix the brown sugar, maple syrup, yogurt, apple sauce, oil, egg and rolled oats in a bowl and let them sit for 10 minutes.  Meanwhile in a small bowl mix flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.  Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients  along with the apples, raisins and pecans until just mixed. Spoon the mixture into a greased 9×5 inch loaf pan. Sprinkle top with a handful of rolled oats.  Bake in a preheated 375º F oven until a toothpick pushed into the center comes out clean, about 40 min.