Whole Grain Carrot Cake Muffins
Whole Grain Carrot Cake Muffins
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 12 Muffins 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
Whole Grain Carrot Cake Muffins are naturally sweetened and made with wholesome ingredients like oats, whole wheat flour, carrots, and olive oil. Perfect for breakfast, snacks, or lunchboxes, they deliver all the cozy flavors of carrot cake in a healthy, meal-prep-friendly muffin.
Ingredients
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Muffins:
- 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Oat Flour
- 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
- 2 tbsp Ground Flaxseed
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom
- 1/2 cup Olive Oil
- 1/2 cup Honey
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- 1 cup Grated Carrot
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/3 cup Walnuts, chopped
Icing Glaze:
- 1/4 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 tsp Milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325° F. Spray a muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add all the dry ingredients and whisk together (Oat Flour, AP Flour, Wheat Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Salt, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cardamom, Flaxseed).
- In a medium mixing bowl add the wet ingredients and whisk to combine (Olive Oil, Honey, Applesauce, Carrot, Eggs, Vanilla Extract).
- Next, pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together with a spatula. Take care to not over mix!
- Add the chopped walnuts to the batter and stir to combine.
- Spoon the batter evenly into 12 muffin cups.
- Place muffin tray into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
- Allow muffins to cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
- While the muffins cool, prepare the glaze icing. In a small bowl whisk together the powdered sugar and 2 tsp milk. Using a spoon, drizzle the icing over top of each muffin. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20
- Category: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Muffin
- Calories: 285
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 199mg
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Carbohydrates: 29g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 168mg
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