Gulrotbrød (Carrot Bread) Recipe

One of the pleasures of visiting Oslo is enjoying the wide variety of craft bread available. One of our favourites is Gulrotbrøt, carrot bread. Since I became interested in bread making I have been searching for a suitable recipe. Most of the Google options are of American origin and really glorified carrot cake. I eventually found one today and realised I could have worked it out for myself! Essentially a basic bread recipe with grated carrot added! Not exactly rocket science. Here is my adaptation:-

250g strong white flour
250g wholemeal flour
2 medium carrots finely grated the quantity is not critical
2 tablespoons Olive oil
1 pkt dried quick yeast
1½ teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
Water to make a workable dough approx 250ml depends how wet your carrots are

I mix with a Kenwood with dough hook for 5 minutes. I added the water until the ball of dough formed but as it mixed it became a little wet so I added extra white flour, about a heaped tablespoonful. I start with the flour add water last.

Make a ball of dough in the normal way on a floured surface and place in a standard oiled loaf tin. Cover with oiled cling film and leave till the dough has risen to the top of the tin in a warm place 45min to 1½ hours or until risen. Place in middle of a pre-heated oven at 200C for 40 min (fan oven). Leave to cool before cutting, if you can wait that long! Delicious