Carrot Tea Bread

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- Ready In:
- 1hr 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
1 loaf
- Serves:
- 8
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
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
- Beat the eggs very light and add the baking powder. Stir into the dry ingredients with the oil, juice and carrots.
- 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.
- 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.
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