Carrot Apple Bread
A sweet quick bread with grated carrot and apple, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and kept moist with sour cream. It bakes as a loaf or as cupcakes, with an optional browned butter cream glaze.
Ingredients
Main
- 1 egg, large
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup coconut oil or vegetable oil
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- salt, to taste
- ¾ cup carrot, grated
- ¾ cup apple, grated
Cream Glaze
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, browned (optional)
- 2 cup powdered sugar (optional)
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract (optional)
- salt, to taste (optional)
- ¼ cup cream (optional)
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Grease pan
- Mix egg, brown sugar, oil, white sugar, sour cream, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg.
- Then add flour, baking soda, baking powder & salt.
- Gently fold in carrots, apples.
- Bake 8x4 = 55 mins, 9x5 = 50 mins. Cupcakes 20-25 mins.
- Add cream glaze = brown 1/4 unsalted butter, 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, salt - combine all together then add 1/4 cup cream.