Apple and Carrot Muffins
Shop bought muffins are a bugbear of mine-full of sugar and very high in calories. They are really just a cake cake without the icing…definitely not a good breakfast option or a lunchbox filler!
The Flora Apple and Carrot Muffins in my recipe get a fibre boost from apples, carrots and oats-all good sources of healthy carbohydrates too. The recipe uses natural sweeteners like apple, raisins and nutmeg and less sugar.
They are ideal for breakfast or as a lunchbox treat as preparation for the Flora Women’s Mini-Marathon …good luck ladies!
Makes 12 muffins
150g plain white flour
100g brown wholemeal flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp bread soda
Pinch sea salt
½ tsp ground nutmeg
1 apple, cored and grated
1 small carrot, peeled and grated
¼ cup oat flakes
2 tbls raisins
2 tbls chopped walnuts
1 large egg, beaten
200ml buttermilk
40g Flora Buttery, melted
60g dark brown sugar
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a muffin tray with muffin cases.
- Sieve the flours, baking powder, bread soda, salt and nutmeg together.
- In a separate bowl, mix the apple, carrot, oat flakes, raisins and nuts together. Mix the egg, buttermilk, Flora Buttery and sugar and add to the bowl.
- Pour this mixture into the dry ingredients and stir briefly to combine. Don’t over mix, the mixture should still be lumpy.
- Spoon the mixture into the paper muffin cases and bake for 20 minutes.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack.
- Serve with Flora Light, Flora Original or Flora Buttery as a spread.
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