Recipe: Spicy Green Tomato Bread (quick bread with raisins and walnuts)

SPICY GREEN TOMATO BREAD

2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon grated or ground nutmeg
2 eggs
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups shredded and drained green tomatoes
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1/2 cup dark raisins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.

Sift together the first 8 ingredients. Set aside.

In a medium-sized bowl beat eggs, then add in the following order: brown sugar, oil and vanilla, mixing well after each.

Stir into the sugar mixture in the following order: tomatoes, flour mixture, walnuts and raisins. Turn batter into prepared pan.

Bake for 65 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack to cool completely.

Makes 1 loaf
Source: Detroit News, April 22, 1997