Best Morning Glory Muffins

Submitted by Cupcake-Princess

"These hearty muffins have everything in them like carrot, apple, coconut, pecans, and raisins. I tweaked a couple of recipes for morning glory muffins and made my own perfect recipe. I put in some whole wheat flour and use less sugar. Serve these moist muffins warm for breakfast. The key to perfect muffins is not to over mix them."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 12 muffins

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted
• 3⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups grated carrots
• 1⁄2 cup peeled and finely chopped apple
• 1⁄2 cup shredded coconut
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup raisins

directions

1. Preheat oven oven to 350 degrees and grease a 12 hole muffin pan. In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt, set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl stir together butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix in carrot, apple, coconut, pecans, and raisins. Add flour mixture and stir just until blended (do not over mix!).
3. Divide batter between prepared muffin pan. Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 to 25 minutes. Let muffins cool in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer muffins to cooling racks to cool completley.

Reviews

[Quinn 13]

My mother-in-law gave me this recipe. It's great! Her recipe calls for salad oil instead of butter. I like to use a light oil like canola or even light olive oil. They freeze nicely too.