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Morning Glory Muffins

Always looking for something healthy to have quickly in the morning, I am a person that needs to eat within 30 minutes after I get up or I get really cranky.  So if you need to take the dog out, feed your little one, work out, or run off to work, this is an excellent on the run healthy and filling muffin.

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Morning Glory Muffins

Yield: 12 Muffins

Prep Time: 20 Minutes

Cook Time: 25 Minutes

Total Time: 45 Minutes

Ingredients:

1 1/3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup applesauce
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup grated carrots
1 medium tart apple, peeled and grated
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup walnuts, finely chopped
1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp dried flaked unsweetened coconut, divided

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease or line a muffin tin with paper liners.

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and kosher salt. Whisk the dry ingredients until thoroughly combined.

In another bowl, combine the eggs, applesauce, vegetable oil and vanilla. Stir in carrots, apple, raisins, coconut and walnuts.

Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly combined, but do not overmix.

Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack.

Adapted from: Whole Food Market

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Carrots and Spice (formerly delishhh.com) is all about Healthy Recipes for Busy Families. I am Ewa [eva] a Swede living in Seattle. I love food and I love to cook but I work full time, have a family, and it gets really busy. So here I share my recipes and my secrets to make it work.

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  1. Kirsten@My German Kitchen...in the Rockies says

    March 8, 2012 at 6:43 pm

    That’s me. This morning I simply forgot to eat, while preparing my kids lunches. Just terrible. I am always on the search for a healthy, quick, but tasty breakfast. Yours sounds great. Thanks!

  2. Katarina says

    March 8, 2012 at 8:13 pm

    Delicious 🙂 A great muffin for breakfast!

  3. Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says

    March 9, 2012 at 12:13 am

    Those look packed with wonderful flavors, a perfect start to the day!

  4. Divya Yadava says

    March 9, 2012 at 8:06 pm

    That’s such a great way to start the day. Wholewheat pastry flour is awesome. Healthy and tastes much better than regular!

    I’ve also been experimenting with adding coconut flour (it’s high fibre, so makes muffins even healthier). Have you tried that before? I would totally recommend trying it out!

  5. Anna @ the shady pine says

    March 11, 2012 at 11:39 am

    I know what you mean….I need to eat breakfast as soon as I get up in the mornings. These look perfect especially for days when I am rushing to get out the door.

  6. Magic of Spice says

    March 11, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    I love the name…these look delightful and so healthy 🙂

  7. Nami | Just One Cookbook says

    March 12, 2012 at 2:36 pm

    How are you doing with baby Ella? I hope you are doing well too!

    What a great muffins to start a day. For me, I need to eat within 10-15 minutes! I get hungry as soon as I get up. =) I love these healthy muffins!

  8. Dianna @ mytinnitusstory.com says

    March 13, 2012 at 8:13 am

    This is pretty delicious, I will try to prepared this type for my children…

  9. Cley@howtotranslatepdf says

    March 13, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    That’s so mouth-watering! I will surely baked this muffins at home.. Thanks for sharing this! Keep up the good work!

  10. Raymund says

    March 18, 2012 at 1:16 am

    I would love to have this for my breakfast tomorrow, they look so good

  11. carolinaheartstrings says

    March 20, 2012 at 10:12 am

    Those look delicious! My husband would love them. Come visit us today. We are giving away 3 wonderful charm bracelets from Cutey. They are terrific.

  12. Nicole says

    March 21, 2012 at 6:38 am

    this so nice and I like it.
    thanks that you sheared this.
    great job.

  13. Morgan says

    April 21, 2013 at 5:27 pm

    Can’t wait to try these, just making them now. But curious, why divide the coconut? It doesn’t mention anything later about using a separate amount of the coconut for something.

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  16. Nhola says

    November 10, 2015 at 9:01 pm

    What a cool idea when you just want a little sohnimteg but you don’t want to be tempted by a dozen cupcakes. Wow. I need to try this.BTW: here’s the answer to your question about the cookbook I reviewed today: Oh, I meant to talk about vegetarian: yes, there are plenty of vegetarian dishes not very many vegan. But I think a vegetarian would be happier checking this one out from the library rather than buying it. Beth F’s last post ..

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