Made with wholesome ingredients, these Morning Glory Muffins are a healthy way to start off your day. Satisfying, soft, and flavorful, these muffins are going to be your new favorite!
2cupspeeled and grated carrots(3 to 4 carrots/200g)
1cupcored and grated apple(about 1 large apple/120g)
½cupsweetened shredded coconut(60g)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 425F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and salt. Stir in the raisins and walnuts.
In another medium bowl, whisk together brown sugar, oil, orange juice, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in the carrots, apple, and coconut. Pour the sugar mixture into the flour mixture, and fold together just until no streaks of flour remain.
Divide the batter among the paper liners. They will be almost full.
Bake for 7 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 350F and continue baking for 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Let the muffins cool for a few minutes in the pan. Remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
Notes
Make sure the baking powder is not expired, so your muffins will rise for that classic dome top.
Using a box grater is a fast way to grate the carrots uniformly. Do not skip peeling the carrots beforehand!
Don’t use an electric mixer, or you could over-mix the batter, resulting in dense muffins or large holes in the crumb. Instead, mix until everything is just combined by hand. This is the secret to moist and fluffy muffins!
Bring your eggs to room temperature so they incorporate fully into the batter effortlessly. If they’re cold, place the eggs in a bowl of warm water for a couple of minutes before using them.
Measure the flour correctly! Adding too much flour to the recipe is the most common mistake, leading to a dense muffin. The best and easiest way to measure flour is by using a scale.
I recommend using real vanilla extract over artificial vanilla extract for the best flavor.
Make sure the oven temperature is high to start. The high temperature helps the tops of the banana muffins spring up into the iconic dome muffin top.
If you don’t want to use paper liners, make sure to grease the muffin tin generously.