Carrot Bread

The common theme with our CSA deliveries lately seems to be "overflowing" - first we were overflowing with greens, then peppers, then carrots, potatoes, apples and now carrots again. We haven't been able to keep up with the carrot deliveries of late, so with today's arrival of another pound of carrots, I decided it was time to bake something carrot-based. Typical of my baking, I decided to try to make a carrot bread. I had all the ingredients (or thought I did - I was actually out of flour and had to run to the supermarket mid-baking to get more!) and was ready to go... carrot bread it is!

Carrot Bread
Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup oil
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg and/or ground cloves
2 eggs
pinch of salt
1.5 cups grated carrots
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans - optional

--> Oven to 350 F. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with Pam.

--> Beat sugars and oil in a big bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg/cloves, salt. Sift these dry ingredients into the sugar/oil mixture. Beat the eggs together and then stir into the rest of the batter. Then add carrots, combine and follow with vanilla. Pour batter into loaf pan.

--> Cook at 350 F for 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for a bit before serving and enjoy!