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    Home » Recipes » Bread and Muffins

    Applesauce Carrot Spice Muffins (and Bread)

    Published: Apr 26, 2012 · Modified: Dec 21, 2013 by Lauren Kelly · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    I love Carrot cake and any type of spice bread.  Maybe because I am borderline obsessed with cinnamon?  Funny, I think my kids inherited that from me.  I guess it could be worse...

    So I found this recipe from Food.com and I wanted to lighten it up a little and make it a little healthier.  I added flax seed because it's packed with omega- 3 essential fatty acids ("good" fats that protect heart health), fiber and antioxidants.  The greek yogurt adds protein and this recipe has no processed sugars!  Oh, and there are even veggies in there (carrots :))

    Ingredients

    Dry ingredients:

    • 1 ¾ cups  whole wheat flour (or a mixture of whole wheat and unbleached flours)
    • ¼ cup sucanat (least processed sugar)
    • 2 tablespoons ground flax seed
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • ¾ teaspoon ginger
    • ⅛ teaspoon cloves
    • ½ teaspoon salt

    Wet ingredients:

    • ⅓ cup honey
    • ⅓ cup unsweetened apple sauce
    • ½ cup plain 0 % greek yogurt
    • ¼ cup water
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 ½ cup shredded carrots (about 3)
    • ¼ cup raisins (optional)

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a muffin pan with non-stick spray or use muffin liners.
    2. Mix together all dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine the liquid ingredients. Add the liquid to the dry and mix just long enough to combine. Add the carrots and raisins and stir to combine.
    3. Spoon the batter into the muffin cups.  Mixture will be very thick. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
    **I made 24 mini muffins and 1 mini loaf of bread, recipe makes 24 mini muffins and 1 mini loaf or 12 large muffins.
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    1 large (or 2 mini muffins) contain:
    132 Calories
     1 g Total Fat; (4% calories from fat)
     3 g Protein
    30 g Carbohydrates
    0 mg Cholesterol
    244 mg Sodium
    3 g Fiber
    *Nutritional information provided by www.caloriecount.com, not 100% guaranteed accurate

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    1. cravingsofalunatic

      April 26, 2012 at 5:28 pm

      These look and sound delish. Nothing like muffins to start the day off right.

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    2. acupofteafortigerandme

      April 26, 2012 at 11:54 am

      Great recipe Lauren!!! I love carrot muffins!

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