Morning Glory Muffins
*If you are looking for healthy recipes all year long, Kami is who you want to follow! She has some great healthy recipes! So enjoy these Morning Glory Muffins that she brought for you today! ~Amber
Sweet, light, fluffy, moist, AND packed with nutrition?!?! Yes, my friends, it’s not only possible, BUT I have done it over and over again with muffins. Once you’ve recovered from DYING over these unbelievable Morning Glory Muffins, come try my Banana Muffins (super popular right now) and my Chocolate Cranberry Muffins (yes… I can even make chocolate healthy).
I recently had a friend email me a Morning Glory Muffin recipe claiming to be ‘healthy’. Oh, and it was FAR from healthy. 1 and 1/2 cups sugar? Butter and vegetable oil? White flour? No no NO! Just because a recipe has one or two healthy ingredients (carrots and apples) does NOT mean they cancel out all the other unhealthy ingredients.
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A true healthy recipe has true healthy ingredients, BUT doesn’t mean you’re going to be eating flavorless cardboard. I completely revised the recipe and created my own Morning Glory Muffins full of flavor and health. I have preached and preached about whole wheat pastry flour, but I have to do it again! Regular whole wheat flour can leave muffins thick, dense, and well… brick-like! Whole wheat pastry flour keeps it light and fluffy without losing any nutritional value. This is the ONLY flour I use to bake.
Morning Glory Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups (240 g) whole wheat pastry flour
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups (170 g) carrots, grated
- 1 apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
- 1 cup (200 g) raisins
- ½ cup (122 g) applesauce
- ½ cup (118 ml) olive oil
- ½ cup (168 g) honey
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375˚F.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir well.
- In a separate bowl, mix together carrots, apple, raisins, applesauce, olive oil, honey, vanilla, and walnuts. Pour into dry ingredients and mix just until moistened.
- Lightly spray muffin pan with olive oil cooking spray and scoop about ¼ cup batter in each muffin.
- Bake for 20 to 30 minutes. Enjoy!
Notes
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I made the muffins according to the recipe and oven temperature. The muffins initially rose but fell flat as pancakes even before the baking time was up. I took them out at 25 minutes but they were not done in the middle. so i put them in until centers were done but the top edges were far too done.
I will say they are delicious and would like to try them again but am wondering what went wrong?
A than other question..does 2 cups carrot, grated mean 2 cups grated carrots? My grater resulted in about 2 inch strands so not sure if that made a difference.
Hi Donna! Sorry to hear you had some problems. This is my friend Kami’s recipe. She has also posted the recipe to her website. You may want to go ask her over there. http://www.nodietsallowed.com/morning-glory-muffins/
Is there any way to make this wheat free? My daughter is wheat intolerant. Maybe Buckwheat flour and arrowroot flour?
I don’t have much experience with gluten free baking. You could certainly try those substitutions, or you can try this homemade gluten free flour mix: http://www.yourhomebasedmom.com/gluten-free-flour-mix/
Anyone have an idea how many muffins this recipe yields?
I’m guessing at least 12 muffins. My friend posted this recipe on my blog. I will double check with her and update the recipe card when I find out. Thanks!
Thanks for updating the recipe card. It seems that on my end, most of the ingredients have disappeared…
Oh dear! Okay, it’s fixed! Thanks for hanging in there with me!