Quick carrot & walnut bread

Quick carrot & walnut bread

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Cooking time

Ready in 40 minutes

Skill level

Easy

Servings

Cuts into 10

Bread making doesn't need to be hard work, as this fast and easy recipe shows

Nutrition and extra info

Nutrition info

Nutrition per serving

kcalories
217
protein
9.2g
carbs
39.8g
fat
3.4g
saturates
0.5g
fibre
2.9g
sugar
-
salt
1.28g

Ingredients

  • 350g plain flour
  • 150g wholemeal flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 150g carrots, peeled and grated
  • a handful walnuts, toasted
  • 300ml low-fat Greek yogurt
  • 125ml semi-skimmed milk

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Method

  1. Heat oven to 230C/fan 210C/gas 8. Mix the flours, salt and bicarbonate of soda, then stir in the carrot, walnuts and yogurt, followed by enough of the milk to make a soft, quite sticky dough.
  2. Tip onto a floured surface and form a flat ball, put on a baking sheet, slash the top and bake for 30 minutes until risen and cooked. It’ll sound hollow when you tap it.

Recipe from olive magazine, February 2009

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gooseberrycrumble's picture
4

Used granary flour which was fine. A little under done in the middle but still very pleasant.

rblackhurst1's picture
5

Great recipe! Would definitely say it needs 40 minutes to bake properly though - I covered it with tin foil halfway through to stop it browning too much on top. Very tasty.

rblackhurst1's picture
5

Great recipe! Would definitely say it needs 40 minutes to bake properly though - I covered it with tin foil halfway through to stop it browning too much on top. Very tasty.

rblackhurst1's picture
5

Really tasty! I gave it 40 minutes, and it was just cooked through - I would say it needed that amount to bake properly. I covered it with tin foil about halfway through to stop it browning too much on the top.

barbarao's picture
5

I used buttermilk instead of Greek yogurt and milk.
I used a muffin tray to make great individual savoury muffins.
Turned out great. Nice to bring to school or work for lunch.

This is essentially Irish Soda bread.

autumnally's picture

i've been making bread for a while but i definately wont be trying this again.As a few people have already commented it was well cooked on the outside but uncooked on the inside and had no taste at all. initially as i started to make it i felt there was too much flour in the recipe and the end result was heavy which makes me think my initial thought was right. all in all, a disaster!

milkdud's picture
5

Had to half the ingredients because I was short on flour but it came out perfectly. So very easy to bosh together and extremely delicious, I added a little cumin for flavour.

ruthredman's picture

I tried it replacing the carrots with parsnip and the walnuts with cashew nuts which was successful too.

denisecorfu's picture
5

I have used the original recipe umpteen times decided today to change it to chopped Parma ham and strong cheddar cheese absolutely delicious. Cooked for 45 mins.

rose93's picture
5

I made this into a sweet rather than savoury bread by adding 3 tbsp brown sugar, 1.5tsp cinnamon and a couple of handfuls of chopped dates and raisins! I also used fat free yoghurt and skimmed milk to make it lower fat, it tastes beautiful!

rosebudroo's picture
5

totally delicious, so nice my friends took the rest home, served it with the pork mince meat balls and did a greek style salad. went down a treat, used all organic ingredients which cost the same as supermarket bought
will use this again and again

izzybroo's picture
5

This looked like a soggy lump when I put it in the oven, and I must admit I felt a tad apprehensive. However, it came out delicious and tasted wonderfully fresh for four whole days. I teamed it with broccoli and Stilton soup, then finished the rest with cheese – yummy!

detentiongrrrl's picture
4

I used natural yogurt as I didn't have greek yogurt. It's not too bad, but I did have to bake it an extra 10-15 mins as it was quite sticky inside.

spdk1969's picture
4

Have baked this several times now - and it tastes wonderful,
not dissimilar to Irish soda bread.
Great easy and quick!

lala82's picture
5

Made this to waft lovely smells around the house as we are selling it at the moment. Have never made bread and am a novice baker. This was a sticky mess when I put it in the oven and I really wasn't convinced. But turned out perfect and tasted great. I baked for slightly longer Than stated and also let it sit in the oven for another 20 mins or so after switching the oven off. Perfect. Will try with maybe cinnamon and some dried fruit next.

alyz9163's picture
5

After reading so much of it's gooey centre, I divided the bread into two equal portions and baked them together for 30 mins. The centres came out cooked as the breads are now half the actual size. I ran out of flour so I omitted the step where I had to put dough on floured surface. I just dumped the two slobs onto greased baking sheet.
Actually I was lazy to heat up the big oven, and used my little toaster oven instead which worked just fine!
I also used Thermomix to mix all, then knead for 2 mins.

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