Vegetable Nut Bread

Recipe created by SheKnows on Oct 21, 2010
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Prep: 20 min
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total: 1 hr 20 min
Serving: Makes 1 loaf

Here’s a way to sneak some healthy vegetables into your kids’ diets; grated sweet potato or zucchini can be used in this bread to make it moist and nutritious.

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat flower
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter, cold and cut into pieces
3/4 cup orange or apple juice
grated zest of an orange or lemon
1 egg
1 cup grated sweet potato or zucchini
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Directions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with butter or nonstick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, mix together the flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. With a fork or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles a crumble.
In a small bowl, whisk together the juice, zest and egg. Pour into the flour mixture and stir just enough to moisten; do not over mix.
Fold in the zucchini and nuts and pour the batter into the loaf pan. Bake for approximately 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into the middle of the bread comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool on rack for 15 minutes before serving.