Sunday, January 18, 2009

Well ok then...

Morning Glory Muffins:
This is the recipe as I found it, I made a few changes and will make note of those at the end.
This recipe yeilds 18 muffins.

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup WW flour
1.25 c. white sugar
1 Tb ground cinnamon
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups grated carrots
1 apple-peeled, cored, chopped
1c. raisins
1 egg
2 egg whites
1/2 c. apple butter
1/4 c. oil
1 Tb vanilla extract
2 Tb. chopped walnuts
2 Tb. toasted wheat germ

*For this recipe I put in 1/2 c. apple sauce for the apple butter...I don't eat apple butter.
*I used 2 over ripe bananas instead of the oil so I could use them...way good addition and it's a very moist muffin (whoa, that sounds really dirty...sorry)! Because I used to bananas the muffins are sweeter so I'm guessing the sugar could be cut in half, they're a little too sweet for my liking, but still good. I also think craisins would make a good addition in place of the raisins.
*I skipped the wheat germ because the jar was like $6 bucks and it only adds 2g. fiber to the whole batch so I didn't think it was worth it. However, if you want to add it go ahead.

1. Preheat oven to 375. Spray muffin tin with nonstick spray.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, egg whites, applebutter, oil and vanilla.

3. In a large bowl combine flours, sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking powder and soda. Stir in carrots, apples and raisins. Stir in wet ingredients until dry ingredients are just moistened...don't over stir...as Alton Brown would say that's not good eats! Spoon batter into the muffin cups filling about 3/4 of the way.

4. In small bowl combine walnuts and wheat germ; sprinkle over muffins (I just mixed 1/2 of chopped walnuts into the mix).

5. Bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes.

Viola! Muffins!

3 comments:

project.100.gone said...

So 18 muffins is a lot....do you think these would freeze well? Or maybe I should just cut the recipe in half...I have a feeling I would get sick of them before they were gone or they would get stale before I ate them all. Not every day is a muffin day for Jenny.

project.100.gone said...

yeah, I made the whole recipe and froze 12 I think...I'll let you know how the freezing works out!

LeAnn said...

I like the idea of sharing recipes. However, I'm not sure this recipe is for me. I love muffins but there are some things I just can't put into a muffin - like carrots, walnuts, and raisins. Please do not take offense. Looking forward to more recipes :)!