Pistachio And Fig Bread

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg and mix well.

Make a well in the center of the mixture and add the pistachios and figs. Mix well.

In a medium-sized bowl, combine ginger, buttermilk, molasses, oil and eggs, mix well then pour into flour mixture. Stir until batter is moist.

Coat an 8" x 4" loaf pan with nonfat cooking spray. Pour in batter then bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour or until toothpick or knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Let pan cool for 15-20 minutes on a wire rack. Loosen bread from pan and cool completely on wire rack before slicing.