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Sliced Carrot Bread on a colling rack with fresh carrots in the background.

Carrot Bread

lynn
This simple carrot bread recipe is similar to carrot cake but a little healthier with less sugar. But you'll never miss the sugar in this moist and flavorful quick bread.
4.49 from 31 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Baking Recipes + Tips
Cuisine American
Servings 1 loaf
Calories 348 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 3/4 cups of all-purpose flour spooned and leveled (see note 1)
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 eggs room temperature
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil canola oil, avocado oil or olive oil
  • 1 medium or 2 small apples cored and grated (see note 2)
  • 2 cups grated carrots from 5-6 peeled carrots
  • 3/4 cup of packed light brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 - 3/4 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts
  • 1/2 cup of raisins optional
  • 1/4 cup of unsweetened coconut flakes optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • Grease a 9" x 5" loaf pan
  • Whisk dry ingredients (flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt) in a medium-sized bowl.
    Whisking dry ingredients.
  • In a large bowl, mix the remaining ingredients (eggs, oil, grated apple and carrot, brown sugar, vanilla extract, nuts, coconut flakes, and raisins).
  • Gently fold the dry flour mixture into the wet ingredients until just combined. Don't overmix.
  • Pour into prepared loaf pan and to with extra nuts, if desired.
    Bread batter in loaf pan, sprinkled with walnuts.
  • Bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
  • Let your carrot bread cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5-7 minutes, then gently remove it from the pan to cool for 2-3 hours before slicing.

Notes

Note 1 - Spoon and Level Your Flour
Incorrectly measuring your flour can result in a dense and dry baked treat. The correct way to measure your flour is to:
  1. Stir the flour in its container so that it is not packed
  2. Using a spoon, scoop out the flour and place it in a measuring cup of the designated volume. Continue to add until your flour mounds above the scoop.
  3. Scrape the flat edge of a butter knife along the edge of your measuring cup, pushing off the excess flour back into the flour container (not your mixing bowl).
Note 2 - Grate your carrots and apples.
Use the shredder blade on your food processor to grate your carrot and apple. Avoid store-purchased grated carrot, it is much drier than fresh, and you want the moisture from the fresh.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 348kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 4gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 249mgFiber: 3gSugar: 19g
Keyword bread, carrot, quick bread
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