Good as Gone Carrot Muffins – Karla Doyle

When I make a batch of these carrot muffins, there’s as good as gone—if I make them in the morning, they’ve disappeared by supper. I hope you enjoy them too!

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Ingredients for 10 muffins:

• ¼ cup grapeseed oil (or other light vegetable oil of your choice)

• 1 cup white sugar

• 2 large eggs, beaten

• 1 ½ cups carrots, grated (about 2-3 large)

• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour

• 1 tsp. baking soda

• 1 tsp. baking powder

• ¼ tsp. salt

• 1 heaping tsp. cinnamon

• ½ cup skim milk

Ingredients for Topping (Optional):

• ½ tbsp. cinnamon

• ½ tbsp. very soft butter

• 1 tbsp. flour

• 2 tbsp. golden or brown sugar

Instructions:

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.

2. Mix oil & sugar in a large bowl. (You’ll be adding everything to this bowl eventually, so make it a big one.)

3. Add the beaten eggs & grated carrots to the oil/sugar mixture. Stir well.

4. In a separate bowl, sift together: whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt & cinnamon.

5. Add the dry mixture to the carrot mixture alternately with the milk, stirring until just blended after each addition. Do not beat or over-mix.

6. Pour into 10 average-sized muffin tins. I use paper liners to avoid greasing, but you can grease the pan instead, if you prefer.

7. Optional Topping: In a small bowl, mix all of the ingredients for the topping. It is perfectly okay if this mixture is lumpy.

8. Sprinkle the topping on the muffin batter.

9. Bake on a higher rack in your oven at 350°F for 17 minutes. (I recommend you check them at 15 minutes, as baking times can vary oven to oven.)

This recipe also works as monster muffins, mini muffins, or a small loaf, but be sure to adjust your baking times. Enjoy J

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