Recipe: Carrot Honey Loaf

By Amber Bouthot

Are you looking for a way to eat local this holiday season? The Northeast Indiana Local Food Network has an online Local Food Guide that can act as your road map to finding and enjoying seasonal foods. It also has a search feature to make finding specific produce or meat even easier. Visit neifood.org for more information. This recipe, using local sweet carrots, eggs and honey, is a delicious way to enjoy carrots, a colorful, local, healthy addition to holiday celebrations.

Carrot Honey Loaf

Ingredients:

• 2 large eggs, room temperature • 3/4 cup canola oil • 3/4 cup honey • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract • 1 cup all-purpose flour • 1 cup whole wheat flour • 2 teaspoons baking powder • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda

• 2 cups grated carrots (about 3 large carrots)

Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°. Combine eggs, oil, honey and vanilla; beat until smooth. In another bowl, whisk next 7 ingredients for 30 seconds. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture just until combined. Add carrots; mix well. Pour batter into a lightly greased 9x5-in. loaf pan; bake until a toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack. a