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Honey Butternut Carrot Bread
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
 

This is a delicious homemade, nutritious, spicy, honey sweetened loaf of moist, seeded butternut squash and carrot bread that's super easy to make!

Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Butternut Bread, Carrot Bread, Healthy, Homemade
Servings: 8
Calories: 253 kcal
Author: Berry Sweet Life
Ingredients
  • 2 cups butternut puree 1 medium butternut
  • 1 cup grated carrot 1 large carrot
  • 2 eggs lightly beaten
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1 1/4 cups wholewheat flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
  • 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 175°C and grease and lightly flour a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
  2. Slice the butternut into cubes and steam for about 15 minutes until very soft. Puree (Blend until very smooth).
  3. In a mixing bowl, stir together the butternut, grated carrot, eggs, olive oil and honey.
  4. In a separate bowl, place the flour, baking soda, salt, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground cloves and ground ginger and stir together.
  5. Stir the butternut mixture into the dry ingredients until well combined. Pour the mixture into the loaf pan, top with a few sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds (optional).
  6. Bake for about 50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.