Saturday, February 11, 2012

Carrot Mango Pecan Bread


Ingredients
  • Whole wheat pastry flour – 1 cup (Substitute: 1 cup All purpose flour)
  • Carrot (grated) – 1 cup
  • Mango (small chunks) – 1/2 cup
  • Pecans (crushed) – 1/4 cup
  • Baking Soda – 3/4 tsp
  • Baking Powder – 1 tsp
  • Sugar (white) – 1/2 cup
  • Brown Sugar (Dark) – 1/4 cup (Add  + 1/4 cup if you want the bread to be sweeter) (Substitute: Equal amount of Sugar)
  • Canola Oil – 1/2 cup
  • Eggs – 2
  • Salt – 1/2 tsp
  • Cinnamon Powder – 1 tsp
 
Directions
  • Preheat the oven 350 F. Line the Loaf pan with parchment paper and grease the sides of the pan with Butter/Oil or Cooking Spray.
  • Using  pestle n mortar crush the pecans. You can use a blender and chop it in to small chunks.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add sugar, brown sugar, canola oil, eggs, salt and cinnamon. Beat it using a hand mixer (Speed – 2) for couple of minutes until all the ingredients are incorporated and it becomes frothy.
  • Now add the dry ingredients Whole wheat pastry flour, grated carrot, baking powder, baking soda, crushed pecans  to the wet mixture. Using a spatula fold in. Mix it well until all the ingredients are incorporated together. Now add chopped mangoes and mix it once.
  • Pour it into the greased loaf pan. Bake it for 30-40 minutes or until the tooth pick inserted comes out clean.