Healthy Carrot Muffins Baked Until the Tops Dome

Healthy Carrot Muffins Baked Until the Tops Dome is filed under Muffins and built around whole wheat flour, wheat bran, and flax seed — ground. Plan on 12 muffins.

Count on 15 minutes of prep, 22 minutes of cooking, about 35 minutes from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

• 1 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
• ¼ cup wheat bran
• ¼ cup flax seed — ground
• ¾ cup quick oats
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2½ teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 egg
• ½ cup maple syrup
• 1 cup 2% Greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup unsweetened almond milk
• ⅓ cup coconut oil — melted
• ½ cup raisins or toasted pecans
• 2 cups shredded carrots — peeled and packed, approximately 2 large carrots

How the cooking goes

1. Heat the oven to 400°F conventional and line a standard 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
2. Beat together the whole wheat flour, wheat bran, flax seed, oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ginger in a medium mixing bowl. Keep it to one side.
3. In a mixing bowl, beat the egg well to break up the proteins, then whisk in the maple syrup, Greek yogurt, vanilla, and almond milk until the texture looks smooth.
4. Beat in the melted, slightly warm coconut oil. The batter will visibly thicken as you whisk.
5. Put the dry ingredients and stir until the mix just comes together. Do not overmix.
6. Fold through the grated carrots and raisins with a silicone spatula until evenly distributed.
7. Portion the batter evenly into the 12 prepared muffin cups. Bake for 20 to 22 minutes, checking at 20 minutes, until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. These muffins have less fat and sugar than a standard muffin, so pull them the moment the tester is clean to avoid drying them out.

After it comes off the heat

Let the pan settle before you slice, so the crumb stays together. Cover leftovers once they are cool.

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