Amazing Almond-Carrot-Currant Bread

This delicious fruit bread is low fat and packed with wholesome stuff.

Ingredients

• 0.6666666666666666 cup white sugar
• 0.25 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 0.5 teaspoon almond extract
• 0.75 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 0.75 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ½ cups shredded carrot
• 0.3333333333333333 cup milk
• 0.3333333333333333 cup currants
• 0.3333333333333333 cup chopped almonds

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
2. Cream sugar, butter, and salt together in a bowl with an electric mixer until combined. Add eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla and almond extracts.
3. Mix all-purpose flour, whole wheat pastry flour, baking soda, and baking powder together in a medium bowl. Add to butter-egg mixture in 3 additions, alternating with carrots and milk in 2 additions. Stir in currants and almonds; the batter will be quite wet. Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.