Glazed Cantaloupe Bread

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups pureed cantaloupe (about one 5-inch round melon)
• 1½ cups whole wheat flour
• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• *½ cup butter
• *2/3 cup brown sugar
• *½ cup chopped pecans

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lightly grease and flour two, 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
2. In a large mixing bowl beat together eggs, applesauce, sugar, vanilla and pureed cantaloupe.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together flours, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger.
4. Add flour mixture to cantaloupe mixture; mix just until combined, then pour batter into prepared pans.
5. Bake in the center of a preheated oven for 60 to 70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean and top of loaf springs back when pressed.
6. Let loaves cool in pans for 10 minutes, run a knife around edge then turn out of pans to a cooling rack.

***For Glaze: Combine butter and brown sugar in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high 3 minutes, stirring well at 1 minute intervals, until smooth and sugar is melted; add pecans to the glaze. Pour glaze over warm loaves. Allow glazed loaves to cool one hour before serving.