Banana Carrot Bread

Name: Banana Carrot Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 cup grated carrots; 2 medium bananas, very ripe (+ extra for topping if desired); 2 large eggs; 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted; 1/3 cup honey or maple syrup; 1/2 tbsp pure vanilla extract; 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk; 1 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar; 2 cups rolled oats, uncooked (Gluten Free option, use gluten free oats); 1 tsp baking soda; 1/4 tsp sea salt; 2 tsp cinnamon

By Taesha Butler November 14, 2019 (Updated January 10, 2022) 35 Comments

Servings slices

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time45 mins

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5 from 10 votes

This healthy banana bread is not only incredibly delicious and easy to make, but is loaded with veggies! Banana Carrot bread is going to be the star of breakfast in your house. Or top it with a little cream cheese frosting and call it dessert! Naturally gluten free.

My friends and family take their role in the TNN community pretty seriously.

They tell me when a recipe is a for sure home run and needs to get on the blog as soon as possible…and while I am at it, do I have any leftover they can nibble on while they wait for me to hit publish? They also tell me which recipes are “meh” that that you folks probably won’t be too inspired by or which ones need tweaking.

And they also tell me when I am dropping the veggie-loaded ball.

Like this this Banana Carrot Bread. Apparently, I have been owing this to all of you for a while. My apologizes.

You see, a few weeks ago, a dear friend texted me out of the blue.

A process shot of how to drain moisture from grated carrots for making banana carrot bread. The first image is of grated carrots arranged in the middle of paper towel. The second image shows the carrots wrapped in paper towel and a hand pressing the wrapped carrots down to draw out the moisture.

“Hold on! You don’t have a banana bread recipe on your blog yet?? Girl, get on that. And throw some veggies in there, too! I’ll be waiting”

Well then. No need to read between the lines there. One of the unofficial spokespeople for the TNN community had spoken and a veggie-loaded banana bread was needed….STAT!

So, this Banana Carrot Bread is what I dreamed up for y’all. I simply love the way bananas and carrots are both naturally sweet and compliment one another in such a delicate way. Plus, they are both something many people can find in their grocery store year round, so this bread can be loved on all. year. long.

Ripe and peeled bananas before and after being mashed in a bowl. The first image shows the bananas broken into pieces in a glass bowl on a white marble surface with a fork rest on the side. The second images shows the bananas mashed into a paste with the fork in the middle.

Why are carrots good for you?

Wondering why I tossed carrots into this healthy banana bread? Besides the fact that I feel like every recipe can be made a little better for you with the addition of some veggies, carrot are nutritional powerhouses disguised as root vegetables. Not just pretty to look at and great to munch on, but carrots are also a great source of several vitamins and minerals. Such as….

beta-carotene (which is converted into vitamin A in the body)
Biotin
Vitamin K1
Calcium
Vitamin C
Potassium
Vitamin B6

Yeah, this banana carrot bread is totally the bee’s knees and the easiest way to get your family excited about carrots at breakfast!

A 4-image process shot of how to make banana carrot bread. The first shows wet ingredients in a glass bowl on a white marble surface with a white spatula in it The second image shows the dry ingredients in a blender before being processed. the third image shows the dry ingredients after being processed in the blender. The fourth image shows the dry ingredients being combined in the glass bowl with wet ingredients.

Step-by-step graphic of how to make banana carrot bread. The first image shows batter with grated carrots on top, before being stirred in. The second shows the batter with carrots stirred in. The third shows the banana carrot bread in a loaf pan, topped with sliced bananas, before baking. The fourth image shows baked banana carrot bread after baking, on a cooling rack and sliced.

Suggested adaptations

Bake it as muffins. Portion the batter out between 12 lined muffin tins and bake at the same temperature for 20 minutes. Let cool before enjoying.
Skip the sweetener! If you are looking for a little less sugar in your life, either reduce the amount of maple syrup/honey you use or let the banana do all the sweetening and leave the honey/syrup all together! I do this often!
Sub the carrots with grated zucchini. Just like with the grated carrot, make sure to squeeze out as much of the moisture as you can before adding it to the batter.
Mix it all in your blender! Really want to simplify baking? Throw everything into your blender and blend batter until smooth before pouring it into the prepared loaf pan. This works best if you have a high-speed blender like a Vitamix, otherwise your blender might find the batter too taxing and leave the oats chunky.

Other veggie-loaded banana baked goods you are going to love.

Loaf of banana carrot bread cooling in pan.

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5 from 10 votes