Squirrel X's Culinary Miscellany!
carrot pecan raisin bread
"Make anything with love, and BAM! It's a beautiful meal."
__Emeril Lagasse
"Who could ever weary of moonlit nights and well-cooked rice?"
__Japanese proverb
"What I love about cooking is that after a hard day,
there is something comforting about the fact that
if you melt butter and add flour, then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing.
It's a sure thing in a world where nothing is sure!"
__Nora Ephron
"A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness."
__Elsa Schiaparelli
"Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work
in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent,
so is the ballet. "
__Julia Child
"Cooking is a creation."
__Piero Selvaggio
"'Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers."
__William Shakespeare
I got this recipe from my friend Rachel, who got it from her mama,
who got it from her mama, who copied it off a box of raisins.
Carrot Raisin Bread
Ingredients:
2/3 cup margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 and 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons bakin' powder
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup finely grated carrots
1 cup seedless raisins
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions:
1) Preheat oven to 350�
2) Cream margarine and sugar.
3) Add eggs to sugar mixture.
4) Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
5) Add flour mixture to sugar mixture.
6) Fold in grated carrots, raisins, & nuts.
7) Pour into a well greased and floured loaf pan.
8) Bake at 350� for 1 hour.
Best if allowed to cool completely before servin'.
and the best of intentions for whoever wants to try 'em,
but if somethin' goes wrong, don't blame the varmint.*
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