Sugarless & Vegan Apple and Carrot Loaf #BreadBakers
I love baking breads and cakes, but we cannot eat more even if we like it, due to the sugar content. Then there are people who need to avoid sugar and they cannot have their favourite food. So I am always on the look out for things which uses less sugar or where sugar can be replaced naturally or used in alternate forms. So I thought of a theme to host for Bread bakers, that is making bread without white sugar and using fresh fruits.
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Using Fresh fruits was the idea so that the sugar can be easily replaced and the bread naturally sweetened. There are natural sweeteners in baking such as Apple, Dates, Banana, Raisins, Carrots to name a few. So I decided to bake this Sugarless & Vegan Apple and Carrot Loaf which does not have any form of sugar. That is no white sugar, no brown, no honey, no molasses and nothing at all, still the bread is sweet and moist and satisfies your taste bud.
The sweetness in this bread comes from Apple and a bit from Carrot. This bread is the perfect breakfast bread one would enjoy with a cup of coffee or tea. It uses Spelt flour and not all purpose flour or wheat flour. The bread has a lovely moist texture and has a mild sweetness due to the apples, carrots and raisins. The sweetness also develops after a day, so if you want a sweeter touch give it a rest of a day. This loaf can be enjoyed as is or slightly toasted as a breakfast bread or as a mid evening snack.
I have adapted this recipe from here, with a lot of changes. Also Since I am already doing a Bake-a-thon with my blogging friends I am linking this there too for the Day 5 bake.
Ingredients
- 130 gm Grated Apple (I used Green - Roughly around ½ Cup when fine grated and 1 Cup when grated a bit thick)
- 100 gm - 1 Cup Chopped Apple ( I actually used 2 big size apples and divided it ¾ to ¼ ratio)
- 40 gm - ¼ Cup Grated Carrots (Optional)
- 30 gm - ¼ cup Raisins
- 30 gm - ⅓ Cup roughly chopped pecans
- 5 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 Vegan Eggs (to make two vegan eggs: 2 tablespoons of either chia seeds or flax seeds mixed with 6 tablespoons warm water. Leave to stand 10 minutes until it thickens)
- 100 gm - 1 cup Spelt flour
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C
- Grease a medium loaf tin with olive oil.
- Mix the grated, chopped apple, grated carrot, raisins and pecans in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl beat the Vegan eggs and the olive oil.
- Then add the apple mixture.
- In a separate bowl sift the spelt flour, cinnamon and baking powder together until well combined.
- Then fold into the wet mix.
- Add the mixture to the loaf try, smoothing the surface from the top and bake for 20-25 minutes until a knife comes out clean.
- Let it cool in the loaf itself kept on a wire rack.
- Once cool, slice and enjoy.
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Ingredients
- 130 gm Grated Apple I used Green - Roughly around ½ Cup when fine grated and 1 Cup when grated a bit thick
- 100 gm - 1 Cup Chopped Apple I actually used 2 big size apples and divided it ¾ to ¼ ratio
- 40 gm - ¼ Cup Grated Carrots (Optional)
- 30 gm - ¼ cup Raisins
- 30 gm - ¼ cup roughly chopped pecans
- 5 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 Vegan Eggs (To make two vegan eggs: 2 tablespoons of either chia seeds or flax seeds mixed with 6 tablespoons warm water. Leave to stand 10 minutes until it thickens)
- 100 gm - 1 cup Spelt flour
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 C
- Grease a medium loaf tin with olive oil.
- Mix the grated, chopped apple, grated carrot, raisins and pecans in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl beat the Vegan eggs and the olive oil. Then add the apple mixture.
- In a separate bowl sift the spelt flour, cinnamon and baking powder together until well combined.
- Then fold into the wet mix.
- Add the mixture to the loaf try, smoothing the surface from the top and bake for 20-25 minutes until a knife comes out clean.
- Let it cool in the loaf itself kept on a wire rack.
- Once cool, slice and enjoy.
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#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.
We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. Our theme this month is Breads with Fresh Fruit and no White Sugar. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove at gmail.com.
This month, the Bread Bakers are making Breads with Fresh Fruit and no White Sugar, a theme chosen by Renu of Cook With Renu. Here are everyone's Breads with Fresh Fruit and no White Sugar:
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- Honey Oatmeal Applesauce Bread from the Mad Scientist's Kitchen
- Julekage from All That's Left Are The Crumbs
- Sugar free Harvest Muffins from Cook's Hideout
- Sugarless and Vegan Apple and Carrot Loaf from Cook with Renu
- Vegan Orange Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread from Ambrosia
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Hello Renu, you chose a lovely theme. It was a really great feeling to bake with fresh fruit /juice and to bake without refined sugar. It made our bakes really healthy. Your bread looks so moist, fruity and delicious. It is such a healthy naturally sweetened loaf.
Thank you So much Namita. I am glad that you liked the theme
This theme was a great challenge, Renu! I love that you used spelt flour in your loaf. It has a wonderful nutty flavor and really should use it more myself. Also, great tip on how to make vegan "eggs." Thank you!
This sounds like such a delicious quick bread. Thanks for the great theme!
Wonderful theme for the month renu, with so many sugary bakes this month, it was fun to try natural sugars . The carrot and apple loaf looks tempting!!
Thank you Priya, Glad you liked it
That sure is a lovely theme to work with fruits as sweeteners , the texture of the bread looks amazing and I love the addition of pecans ! Simply wow !
I agree that it gets really tough to bake thinking of the sugar going in, but with now lot of innovation happening, it isn't tough to have bakes without refined sugar. That bread looks very interesting, especially with the sweetness coming from the fruits and nuts!
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Quite an interesting and definitely a healthy loaf to indulge without any fuss. And the addition of carrots makes this loaf more catchy and colourful. Wish i get a slice.
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Hi renu, totally healthy!! Your idea of using carrot and apple together is just wonderful.
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That's one heavily loaded bread..sounds so healthy!
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sugarless and vegan such a lovely loaf.. Carrot and apple double damaka!!
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Such an interesting loaf,love the fact it has natural sweetness from apple.
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What a moist and delicious looking loaf that is. Love that it is sugar free and vegan too. Perfect pick for the theme Renu.
Use of spelt flour for the loaf is very interesting. Apple and carrot is a nice combo.
I love that the sweetness comes from apple and carrot. This would make a great breakfast bread.
Yes it is. Thank You
both you and Priya are inspiring me to get some spelt flour and start using it more in my bakin g
Sure do Mir, it's wonderful.
Loved this vegan and gluten-free, sugar-free cake. It has a wonderful texture and one can have it as much as you want without any guilt!!
That is an amazing healthy loaf. Looks too good
Loving this sugarless version loaf loaded with the goodness of apple and carrot.
Sugarless and vegan Apple bread looks so moist and healthy. I like the texture of the bread very much.
I really like spelt flour - so good to see it used in a recipe! Looks really filling, and would be perfect on a cool day with a cup of tea!
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What a great sugarless option. I love that you used the apple and carrot to give this loaf its sweetness. This will be perfect in the morning with my cup of coffee.
Yes a perfect morning breakfast. Thank You
I love baking apple desserts. I am bookmarking this recipe since its on my next to do list for the weekend.
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Great looking bread and I love the healthy ingredients.
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This looks so good; I never would've guessed that there's no sugar in there! Wish I could taste this for myself.
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It's always great to find alternative recipes so as to use less sugar. This loaf looks really comforting and delicious.
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I love finding recipes for baked treats without refined sugar. This loaf is perfect! Thanks for the recipe.
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The texture of this looks amazing. I love that it's made healthier too.
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No way this is vegan!! And vegan to boot? This sounds so good, pinned and will try soon! 🙂
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I love that this apple carrot loaf doesn't have any refined sugars in it! What a fantastic treat to enjoy in the morning with a big pot of tea!
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Love that this loaf uses fruit for the sweetness, it's so clever! Sugar free and vegan, a baked good I could have multiple slices of with no guilt! Yes please!
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I've never made a sugarless cake before, I can't wait to give this one a try. It sounds delicious.
Katie xoxo
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This Sugarless & Vegan Apple and Carrot Loaf is such a great idea. Using fruit to sweeten recipes is one of my favorite challenges because my family benefits from this small step in making our food healthier ... Thank you for letting us know about the sweetness being better after a day.
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Really difficult to source spelt flour can we replace it with something else?
You can replace it with whole wheat flour
Hi . This seems so amazing receipe , wud like to try it. What is spelt flour.. unable to understand that..
Spelt is a type of wheat an ancient grain. If you are not able to source it you can replace it with wheat.