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Healthy-ish Morning Glory Muffins Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup sugar
4 tsp baking soda
4 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
4 cups shredded carrots
½ cup flax seeds (optional and slightly crushed if desired) or flaxmeal
2 big apples - peeled, cored, shredded (honeycrisp or fuji work)
6 eggs
¼ cup vegetable oil
4 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup applesauce (unsweetened)
½ cup crushed pineapple with juice

Additional optional ingredients:
½ cup raisins or any other dried fruit
1 cup chopped walnuts
¼ flaked coconut (sweetened or not)
Directions:
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350º. Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

2. In a really large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Stir in the carrot, raisins/dried fruit, nuts, coconut and apple.

3. In a separate bowl, beat together eggs, oil, vanilla, applesauce and pineapple.

4. Stir egg mixture into the carrot/flour mixture until mixed well and just moistened. Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups to ¾ or top. They don’t puff up too much.

5. Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes, checking with toothpick at 20 minutes.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
24-30 muffins
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Altered from the “Easy Morning Glory Muffins” on www.allrecipes.com according to many comments in the review section. Goal was to cut down on sugar and oil creating a bit healthier muffin.

 

 

 

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