Happy Easter Muffins
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Serves: 16
- 3 eggs
- 1 mashed brown banana
- ¼ cup apple sauce
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- 1¼ cups white sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 large carrots, peeled and grated
- 1 apple – peeled, grated
- ¼ cup walnuts, chopped
- ¼ cup flaked coconut (unsweetened, but if using sweetened reduce the amount of sugar in the recipe by a few tablespoons)
- Preheat oven to 375F. Spray your muffin tins with non stick cooking spray (or rub thoroughly with butter and vegetable oil).
- In a medium bowl, whisk and mash the eggs, banana, apple sauce, veg. oil, and vanilla. Set aside.
- In a larger bowl, whisk together the flours, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and soda, and salt.
- Add your grated carrots, apple, coconut, and walnuts to the flour mixture and stir until coated.
- Combine the egg mixture with the flour mixture to form your batter.
- Scoop by a ¼ cup into prepared muffin pan.
- Bake for about 12-15 minutes or until the muffins bounce back when lightly pressed on top.
Recipe by Cake Student at https://www.cakestudent.com/happy-easter-muffins/
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