Carrot bread

Not to be confused with Carrot cake.

Carrot bread is a quick bread,^[1] or yeast-leavened bread, that uses carrots as the primary ingredient.^[2] It may be prepared with grated,^[3][4] shredded carrots, or carrot juice.^[2] Baking times can vary depending on the amount of juice in the carrots used,^[5] and it may be a moist bread.^[6] Carrot bread may have an orange color derived from carrot juice^[7] or carrots used.

A carrot bread with raisins

Additional ingredients used in the preparation of carrot bread may include zucchini (although zucchini itself can be made into zucchini bread),^[8][9] buttermilk, eggs,^[5] milk, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg,^[1][10] walnuts,^[6][11] ginger^[11] and raisins.^[12] Carrot bread can be prepared as a sourdough and/or multigrain bread.^[9] It may eaten plain, served with butter,^[13] or topped with an icing^[14] or glaze. Carrot bread can be served as a means to increase vegetable intake in diets.^[12]

See also

• Carrot cake
• Carrot cake cookie
• Banana bread

Lists

• List of breads
• List of carrot dishes
• List of quick breads