Scraps Quick bread
Makes: One Loaf
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup oatmeal
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
pinch of salt
2 cups mashed food scraps/peels
1/3 cup oil
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 tbsp vinegar
Topping:
3 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp oatmeal
1 tbsp water
scraps that can be used raw:
apple skins, carrot skins and tops, cucumber skins, watermelon rind, fruit skins, celerey tops and leaves.
Scraps that must be cooked:
sweet potato skins, potato skins, eggplant skins, zucchini skins.
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Prepare a loaf pan, or similar sized cake pan by oiling the bottom and sides of the pan then dust with flour. Make sure to shake out the excess.
if you are using veggie/fruit scraps or peels that cannot be eaten raw place them in a microwave safe bowl with the water and microwave in 1 minute bursts until the scraps are soft or fully cooked. be careful the bowl will be very hot.
In a large bowl combine your flour, oatmeal, spices, baking soda and powder, and salt. Mix with a whisk until well combined.
add your veggie/fruit scraps to a blender or food processor with your water and blend on high until you have a fine pulp.
To your scraps add the sugar, oil, and vinegar. Mix this with a whisk until well combined.
Now pour the wet ingredients on top of the dry ingredients and mix until everything just comes together, essentially when all the flour is hydrated. Try not to over mix there will be lumps which is okay, you want to avoid building Gluten.
Pour your batter into your loaf pan. Now combine all ingredients for your topping in a bowl and mix well. Using a spoon or your fingers sprinkle the topping as evenly as you can accross the top.
place in the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, depending on your dish 45-50 minutes approximately.
Remove from the oven and let cool completely before trying to remove from the pan.