Finnish Carrot Bread Rolls Recipe

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Finnish Carrot Bread Rolls Recipe

Here’s another one to add to your favorite carrot recipes! Finnish Carrot Bread Rolls. These bread rolls are a comforting combo of softness and sweetness, and they’re not even that complicated to prepare. A very forgiving carrot bread recipe!

Prep Time2

Cook Time25

Total Time2 25

Course: Bread

Cuisine: Finnish

Servings:

Calories: 123kcal

Author: Neriz

Equipment

Ingredients

3/4 cup milk, warm
1 tbsp active dry yeast
2 & 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 & 1/2 cups carrots, grated, (about 2 medium-sized carrots)
1 tbsp honey
25 grams butter, unsalted, softened

Instructions

Preparing the carrot bread dough:

Combine warm milk and yeast. Mix and set aside.
Combine all-purpose flour, salt, grated carrots, and honey in a mixer bowl.
Use the paddle attachment to mix.
Once the yeast mixture is ready, add it into the mixer bowl and use a dough hook to mix.
Add butter and mix until the dough becomes smooth. If the dough is too wet, add a tablespoon of flour (or two, one at a time).
Form the dough into a ball and place it into an oiled bowl.
Cover with a clean kitchen cloth and set aside until it has doubled. (It generally takes at least an hour for me.)

Preparing and baking carrot bread rolls:

Once the dough is ready, divide it into 12 equal portions and form each section into a ball.
Place each ball on a baking pan lined with parchment paper. Leave enough space in-between.
Cover with a clean kitchen cloth and set aside for 30 more minutes, or until each roll has doubled in size.
Preheat oven to 200°C (375°F).
When the oven is ready, remove the kitchen cloth covering the carrot bread and place the baking pan in the middle of the oven.
Take your Finnish carrot bread rolls out of the oven after 20 to 25 minutes or when their top turns golden in color.
Set aside to cool slightly, then serve.

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Notes

Cook's Tip #1: There is no need to use bread flour to get a moist carrot bread; all-purpose flour will give you excellent results.
Cook's Tip #2: Do not grate the carrots too finely if you want to see bits of them in the bread rolls.
Cook's Tip #3: You can substitute molasses for honey if you prefer.
Cook's Tip #4: Do not hesitate to add a bit more flour if the dough is too wet. The wetness of the dough will depend on the moisture from the grated carrots.
Cook's Tip #5: Manual kneading is completely fine if you don't have a stand mixer.

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