HEALTHY APPLESAUCE CARROT MUFFINS {A.K.A. CARROT CAKE MUFFINS}

These wholesome applesauce carrot cakes are like a better-for-you chew of carrot cake in muffin form. So delicious and easy!


Sorry to be one-dimensional with the wholesome muffin recipes currently but I couldn’t wait. I needed to share those with you immediately.

Maybe simply due to the fact I simply shoved three of those in my mouth, but I should say, they're my favorites of the newest muffin bunch.

INGREDIENTS  1 1/2 cups entire wheat flour  1 teaspoon baking soda  1 teaspoon flooring cinnamon  1/4 teaspoon flooring nutmeg  1/4 teaspoon flooring ginger  1/2 teaspoon salt  2 tablespoons butter, melted  1/2 cup honey  1 egg, flippantly beaten  1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract  1 cup unsweetened applesauce  3/4 cup finely shredded carrots (about 2-3 medium carrots) INSTRUCTIONS Preheat the oven to 350 tiers F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. In a big bowl whisk collectively the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and salt. Make a small properly within the middle of the dry meals and upload the butter, honey, egg, vanilla, and applesauce. Stir meals collectively till simply mixed and there are nonetheless a few spots of flour remaining. Fold within the shredded carrots simply till mixed (don't overmix or the cakes will probably be dense). Distribute the batter evenly amongst the muffin liners. Bake for 18-20 minutes till a toothpick inserted within the middle of a muffin comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely. These cakes freeze wonderfully and hold properly if included at room temperature for 2-3 days.

They scent fantastic, they appear fairly (those orange flecks are beauty), and so they style amazing.

It’s like a wholesome chew of carrot cake. In muffin form.

They are low in fat, low in delicate sugar and filled with applesauce and carrots.

But the actual excessive level of those applesauce carrot cakes are they don’t style healthy. Like, they don’t scream: HEALTH FOOD ALERT!

Yes, they're far more healthy than many muffin recipes at the market, but they're subtly so, which potential you possibly can devour them and bask within the deliciousness with out having to choke it down with a pitcher of, I don’t know, chocolate milk or something.

And now for the predominant query of the day:

Why are you nonetheless studying this? Get your little self into the kitchen and make these.

Another entire grain, wholesome muffin so as to feature in your life.

And it is yours in 30 minutes or much less (however, like several nice muffins, those really style higher as soon as they're cooled, so dig deep for a few self-control; you’ll be happier for it).

I wish those rock your global like they rocked mine.

NOTES
If you discover the cakes stick in your liners, that might be as a consequence of the model of liners you use - mine didn't stick, especially after they cooled, however, you possibly can assist the sticking problem via potential of flippantly coating the interior of the muffin liners with cooking spray earlier than filling with batter.