These muffins are a riff on classic Morning Glory Muffins, using ingredients we usually have around the house. I like these muffins for sneaking a couple veggies into my 7-year-old, who only “likes” a couple green vegetables at this point. I’m constantly tweaking this recipe to see what I can get away with. This is the most up-to-date iteration. This recipe makes about 16 muffins.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups gluten-free flour (I used King Arthur’s Measure for Measure which is also dairy free)
- 3 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground ginger
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
- 1/3 cup ground flax
- ¾ cup (unsalted) chopped pecans or walnuts or a mix of both
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ¼ cup honey
- 1/3 cup melted coconut oil
- 1 ripe banana, mashed (or you could use 1/3 cup applesauce)
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 tsp zest from organic orange
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup shredded organic carrots (2-3 large)
- 1 cup shredded organic zucchini (1 large)
- 1 cup shredded organic apple (I like Granny Smith)
Directions:
Preheat over to 425 degrees.
Line your muffin pan with paper liners or grease with oil/butter.
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, salt, ground flax and pecans/walnuts.
In another bowl for wet ingredients, mix eggs, brown sugar, honey, melted coconut oil, mashed banana (or applesauce), orange zest, orange juice, & vanilla.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl. Stir a few times and then add the shredded veggies and apple. Fold together gently until all flour is incorporated. Don’t overmix.
Spoon batter into muffin liners. Fill to the top.
Bake for 5 minutes at 425.
Then lower oven temp to 350 (keep muffins in oven) and bake for an additional 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool for 5 minutes.
Remove muffins and cool on a wire rack. Enjoy!!
*Muffins stay fresh in the refrigerator for about 5-7 days. Freeze muffins for up to 2 months.