Carrot Bread from Hawaii (untested)

This recipe is written in a handwriting I don't recognize. To my knowledge, Grammy never traveled to Hawaii, but she had family members that lived there during the 1940s and her mother-in-law, Sarah Lipe Caraway, traveled there. This recipe may have come from one of them.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups grated carrots
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup dates or 1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup coconut
• 1/2 cup nuts

Instructions:

1. Mix dry ingredients well
2. Add all liquid ingredients
3. Let mixture rest for 20 minutes
4. Bake in 2 loaf pans at 300°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes

Notes from writer of recipe:

"Better when aged"

"I double recipe and bake in 3 pans."