Healthy Carrot Bread Recipe
Looking for a delicious, veggie-packed bread to make? This Healthy Chocolate Chip Carrot Cake Loaf is ready in an hour and made with 100% whole wheat flour, shredded carrots, walnuts, chocolate chips, and yummy warm spices.
Servings: 9
Ingredients
Wet Ingredients
- 1 medium size banana mashed
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup plain, unsweetened almond milk
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
Dry Ingredients
- 1.5 cups white whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1.5 cups finely grated carrots packed*
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF and spray a standard-size loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Start with the wet ingredients. In a medium/large size mixing bowl, mash a banana until there are minimal to no lumps, then add the rest of the wet ingredients to the bowl (except for the coconut oil). Mix well.
- In a separate bowl mix together dry ingredients.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix. Once combined, add the melted coconut oil to the batter and mix again.
- Transfer batter into bread pan and then sprinkle on some additional chocolate chips on top.
- Bake at 350ºF for 38-42 minutes.
- Remove and let cool for 5 minutes before removing from bread pan.
Video
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Notes
*If your carrots are extremely moist, ring out some of the moisture with a paper towel before adding to the batter.
Nutrition
Calories: 298kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 12g | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 22g