Date-Nut-Carrot Bread

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon double-acting baking powder 
• 1 cup carrots shredded
• 0.5 cup dates pitted chopped
• 1 large egg white 
• 2 large eggs 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 cup golden raisins 
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 0.8 cup sugar 
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 
• 0.5 cup walnuts coarsely chopped
• 0.8 cup water hot

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• loaf pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Combine water, dates, and raisins in a bowl; let stand 15 minutes. Stir in carrot, walnuts, oil, eggs, and egg white.
3. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
4. Add carrot mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist. Spoon batter into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
5. Bake at 350 for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.