carrot nut bread

Name: Carrot Nut Bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) whole wheat flour; 1/2 cup(s) all purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon(s) cinnamon; 3/4 cup(s) raw or granulated sugar; 2 large eggs, beaten; 1/2 cup(s) vegetable oil; 1/2 cup(s) apple butter; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 1/2 cup(s) finely grated carrots; 1 1/2 cup(s) ground pecans or walnuts

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Susan Feliciano

Oak Ridge, TN

Updated on Sep 23, 2011

Try to use ground or very finely chopped nuts in this recipe. I grind mine in a bullet blender, with pulses. They are not ground as fine as nut butter. It makes the flavor quite different from regular chopped nuts. This bread tastes as good as (or better than) the carrot bread at Mimi's Café, but I do not know if it is the same recipe. This one originated from an old Joy of Cooking cookbook, and has been modified through the years to suit my tastes.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 1 Hr

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yield 1 loaf

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 cup raw or granulated sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup apple butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups finely grated carrots
1 1/2 cups ground pecans or walnuts

How To Make carrot nut bread

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.

Step 2

Sift together into a large bowl the flours, baking soda, and cinnamon. Add in the sugar, eggs, oil, apple butter, vanilla, and salt.
Step 3

With a few swift strokes, blend in the carrots and pecans or walnuts. Turn into prepared pan.
Step 4

Bake about 1 hour, until loaf springs back when lightly touched. Cool in the pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack for further cooling.
Step 5

This bread may be iced on top with cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with nuts.
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