3 Ingredient Carrot Bread
This carrot flavored bread is soft, moist and chewy. It is just 3 ingredients and very easy to make. It doesn't require eggs, butter or oil.
Ingredients
- 3 cups (385 g) self-rising flour
- 2 cups (510 g) sweetened cinnamon applesauce
- 3/4 cup (57 g) thinly shredded carrots
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F (191°C). Line an 8 x 4 inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
- Add flour and applesauce to a large mixing bowl. Mix with a spatula until flour is completely incorporated and no lumps or streaks of flour remain. Your batter will be very thick and should look like a very wet dough.
- Add in the carrots and fold them into the dough until they are evenly distributed. If adding other mix-ins, like chopped nuts or raisins, add them in now.
- Transfer the dough into your prepared loaf pan. Smooth surface with spatula. Bake for about 45-55 minutes or until the bread is done. When bread is finished, the surface should bounce back when you press on it. Let bread cool before cutting and serving.
Notes
- You can also use unsweetened applesauce but I prefer using sweetened because it makes the bread lightly sweetened. I used Happy Belly cinnamon applesauce which is sweetened with sugar and not corn syrup.
- If you can't find cinnamon applesauce, you can just use regular applesauce and add 1 tsp of cinnamon to the dough.
- This bread does not have a cake texture. Instead, it is like European-style bread: crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside.
- To make thinnly shredded carrots, use the small holes on a box grater. You can also do grated carrots if you want more pronounced carrot pieces in your bread.
- I don't recommend adding more than 3/4 cup of carrots because the bread will be too wet and not bake through.
- As discussed more in the post, this is a basic carrot bread recipe. You can feel free to customize it with other mix-ins or spices. For the bread in the pictures, I did add 1/2 cup chopped walnuts.
- Homemade self-rising flour: Add 3 cups all purpose flour, 4.5 tsp baking powder, and 3/4 tsp salt to a bowl. Whisk until evenly combined.
Serving: 1slice, Calories: 132kcal, Carbohydrates: 30g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 0.01g, Saturated Fat: 0.002g, Sodium: 353mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 6g, NET CARBS: 29
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. This is not a comprehensive list of all the nutrients in the recipe (i.e., does not include vitamins, cholesterol, etc). I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.
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