Carrot Tea Bread - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

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.