Healthy Apple Carrot Muffins
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup finely shredded carrots
- 1/2 medium apple, grated
- 1 cup applesauce (no-sugar added)
- 1 large egg
- 3 tbsp butter, melted (or olive oil)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups oat flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Optional: 1/2 cup of mix-ins (such as chocolate chips, raisins, or chopped nuts)
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 F degrees. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners or grease the pan with butter, oil, or cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, applesauce, butter and vanilla.
- In a small bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together.
- Add the mixed dry ingredients into the large bowl with the applesauce mixture.
- Fold in the shredded carrot and apple. Add in your mix-ins if using them and stir until just combined.
- Bake for 16-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool before serving.
Notes:
Winter squash such as delicata or butternut squash with (or instead of) the grated carrots (for a total of 1 cup of shredded veggies) also works great.
You can use rice flour instead of oat flour (decrease the cook time by 2 minutes).
If using a mini-muffin tin, this recipe will make about 36 mini muffins. This works great with mini chocolate chips as your mix-in.