Carrot Zucchini Muffins

Submitted by Marianne in the Vil

"I used parts of several recipes to come up with this moist and flavorful muffin."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 19
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 236.59 ml all-purpose flour
• 118.29 ml whole wheat flour
• 118.29 ml oatmeal
• 236.59 ml brown sugar
• 4.92 ml salt
• 9.85 ml baking powder
• 9.85 ml cinnamon
• 4.92 ml ginger
• 1.23 ml ground cloves
• 2 eggs
• 9.85 ml vanilla
• 118.29 ml carrot, grated
• 118.29 ml zucchini, grated
• 4.92 ml orange zest
• 236.59 ml applesauce
• 118.29 ml crushed pineapple
• 118.29 ml coconut
• 118.29 ml raisins
• 59.14 ml chopped pecans

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease muffin pans.
3. In a large bowl combine flours, oatmeal, brown sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and cloves.
4. Stir in raisins and nuts.
5. Set aside.
6. In another bowl beat eggs until frothy, stir in vanilla, carrots, zucchini, orange peel, applesauce, pinapple and coconut.
7. Pour egg mixture into dry mixture and stir until just combined.
8. Do not overmix.
9. Put into greased muffin pans.
10. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Reviews

[donvon]

Delicious muffins! I made them exactly as written and they were great. Thanks for posting, Marianne!

 

[heidi3332]

Yummy! I was eager to try this recipe because it sounded so healthy and delicious. I made a few changes... I didn't have ground ginger so I used some grated fresh (but only a tiny bit because I'm not crazy about it.) I skipped the cloves altogether because I hate them. I used about 1 1/2 tsp. of vanilla and 1/2 tsp. almond extract. I also skipped the orange zest and raisins because I don't really care for them and I used walnuts instead of pecans. I love that there are so many healthy things in these, you'd never know it by how great they are! I used the paper muffin cups for about half of my muffins (that's all I had) and found that they stuck to the paper pretty badly (still taste great, though!) The ones in the greased pan came out perfectly. I will definately make these again! Thanks for a great recipe.

 

[jenadodd]

These muffins were GREAT!! I changed a few things...I used 4 egg white instead of 2 eggs...it made it light and moist and I also used walnuts instead of pecans. All my muffins disapeared within a day!!!