Pookie Muffins

This is from the Babbling Brook Inn in Santa Cruz, California. A beautiful thing!

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Yields: 4 dozen muffins

Ingredients

• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 2  cups whole wheat flour
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 3⁄4 cup white sugar
• 4  teaspoons baking soda
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 4  teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1  tablespoon  grated  orange rind
• 1  cup buttermilk
• 3  cups  shredded apples
• 3  cups  shredded carrots
• 1 1⁄2 cups flaked coconut
• 1  cup  chopped dates (or a mix of dates and figs)
• 1  cup  chopped  nuts, your choice
• 1  cup  vegetable oil
• 6  large  beaten eggs
• 2  teaspoons vanilla

Directions

1. Combine the eggs, oil, buttermilk, brown and white sugar and vanilla. Sift all dry ingredients together and slowly add to the egg mixture.
2. Stir in apple, coconut, dates, carrots, nuts and orange rind. Stir until just mixed.
3. Spoon batter into muffin tins that have been greased. Bake at 375°F for 15-20 minutes. This makes about 4 dozen muffins. Enjoy!