Pecan Carrot Bread Or Muffins

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup bread flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup carrot, coarsely grated
• 1/2 cup pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/4 lb unsalted butter, melted & cooled

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine the flours, sugar, carrots, nuts, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt, and mix thoroughly, breaking up any lumps.
• 2 add the remaining ingredients and mix just until blended (do not over mix).
• 3 for bread: spoon batter into a greased 8.5x4.5" loaf pan.
• 4 bake at 350f until dark golden brown (about 1 hours).
• 5 for muffins: spoon batter into greased muffin cups.
• 6 bake at 350f until golden brown (about 45 minutes).