Getting Baked – Whole Wheat Carrot, Apple, and Zucchini Bread

Posted by Shawn Kocher on September 10, 2011 · 1 Comment

I am frequently baffled about the price of organic artisan breads. It’s pretty silly considering how cheap the ingredients are that go into them and how easy they are to prepare. Good bread is all about a good recipe. Measure the basics right (flour, baking soda/powder) and get your fat ratio right and you are pretty much good to go and free to experiment. You have to be pretty negligent to screw it up. From my experience, baking is a science and cooking is an art. I think that it is good to be well-rounded in both. Either way, this bread is insanely good. It’s like an adult version of a dessert bread, not too much sweetness and . This could easily pass as one of those $3/slice breads at Starbucks. It’s perfect any time of the day. Note the almost invisible substitution of flax seeds instead of butter.

Whole Wheat Carrot and Zucchini Bread

2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups carrot, grated
1 cup zucchini, grated
1 green apple, peeled, cooked, and smashed
3 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup white sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup flax seed
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon butter or cooking spray (for greasing pan only)

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease your loaf pan using 1 tablespoon of butter and lightly sprinkle flour to cover bottom and edges of pan. Whisk all dry ingredients together. Sift into a bowl, using a sieve or strainer. This will help to aerate the batter. Mix wet ingredients together in another bowl. Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry, little by little, continuously mixing the batter together. Bake for 70 minutes or until a toothpick comes out dry. Serve with applesauce, ice cream, or nothing at all.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (PER SERVING): Whole Wheat Carrot, Apple, and Zucchini Bread

Servings: 16

Food energy: 259kcal
Saturated fatty acids: 2.94g
Monounsaturated fatty acids: 3.98g
Polyunsaturated fatty acids: 5.59g
Total fat: 12.50g
Calories from fat: 112
Cholesterol: 171mg
Carbohydrate, by difference: 27.84g
Total dietary fiber: 3.13g
Protein: 8.45g
Total lipid (fat): 13.45g
Water: 65.42g
Ash: 1.40g
Total sugars: 15.03g
Calcium: 53mg
Iron: 1.64mg
Magnesium: 39mg
Phosphorus: 171mg
Potassium: 219mg
Sodium: 235mg
Zinc: 1.16mg
Copper: 0.14mg
Manganese: 0.77mg
Selenium: 24.10μg
Vitamin C: 2.24mg
Thiamin: 0.15mg
Riboflavin: 0.26mg
Niacin: 1.05mg
Pantothenic acid: 0.88mg
Vitamin B6: 0.19mg
Folate, total: 34μg
Folic acid: --
Food folate: 34μg
Folate: 34μg dietary folate equivalents
Vitamin B12: 0.41μg
Vitamin A: 2587IU
Vitamin A RAE: 194μg retinol activity equivalents
Retinol: 78μg
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol): 1.70mg
Vitamin K (phylloquinone): 2.99μg
Alpha-carotene: 478μg
Beta-carotene: 1g
Beta-cryptoxanthin: 5μg
Lycopene: --
Lutein+zeazanthin: 481μg
Percent refuse: --