Carrot Tea Bread

This quick bread is healthy and delicious! Serve it with your favorite tea or coffee. You can cut the sugar in half if you like..

• Ready In: 1 hr 35 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄3 cups whole wheat flour
• 1  cup wheat germ
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 cup  nuts, chopped (optional, hazelnuts blanched and toasted in the oven, pecans or walnuts)
• 1  large orange (grated rind)
• 1  cup light brown sugar
• 2  large eggs, beaten
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 cup  vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 cup  orange juice, fresh
• 2  cups carrots, raw shredded

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Beat the eggs very light and add the baking powder. Stir into the dry ingredients with the oil, juice and carrots.
4. If you decide to use nuts you can use walnuts, pecans or hazelnuts. If you use hazelnuts blanch them and remove the skins.Then brown them in the oven a little.
5. Put the batter into an oiled bread pan and bake it 10 minutes at 400 degrees then turn the heat down to 325 degrees and bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes. 1 hour and 15 minutes altogether.