Spiced Carrot Muffins

I was browsing around Martha’s website and found a recipe for these.  They looked and sounded wonderful.  Since I had a huge 5 pound bag of carrots that I needed to eat and I couldn’t think of a better way to use them up…well..besides a yummy carrot cake with cream cheese frosting….but with the summer months on their way I thought better of it and sided on making these more healthy muffins. They were definitely the next best thing!

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I made a few changes to the original recipe, due to it being much more dense and thick than I had expected it to be.  My final recipe is below.  These were fantastic.  Perfect addition for breakfast or snack.  I’m sure they would be great with honey, cinnamon butter as well :) But as I said above, I’m trying to behave.  :)

Ingredients

Adapted from Marthastewart.com

Makes 12

  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons apple-pie spice
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded (about 5 medium) carrots
  • 1/4 cup milk

Directions

  1. Line twelve cups (each 2 1/2 inches wide) of a standard muffin tin with paper liners; set aside. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, pumpkin-pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
  2. In another bowl, whisk together yogurt, butter, and eggs. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture, and add yogurt mixture. Stir until just combined. Fold in carrots.
  3. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. (If desired, muffins can be baked immediately in a 375 degrees oven for about 20 minutes.) Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes, then cover tin with plastic wrap, and freeze until ready to bake, up to 3 months.
  4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake muffins (still frozen) until a toothpick inserted in center of one comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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Category: Breakfast, Snacks
March 11th, 2009
15 comments so far

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  1. Sara Says:
    March 12th, 2009 at 1:54 AM

    These look so good – my husband loves carrot cake, so I bet he’d love these too!

  2. Emily Says:
    March 12th, 2009 at 11:58 PM

    Those look and sound delicious!

  3. Sandy Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 12:58 AM

    These look wonderful….I will try and make them!

  4. petitfoodie Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    Thanks everyone for your sweet comments. These muffins have gotten better each day as the week went on. And I froze some of them so hopefully they will taste just as good from the freezer.

    -Jenna

  5. alessa Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    those muffins look so good! i always make my bf carrot cake, he loooves it!!

  6. petitfoodie Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 5:53 PM

    Alessa,
    Thanks :) CC is the BEST cake out there for sure!
    -Jenna

  7. Monique Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 6:23 PM

    Oh my dear foodie heaven! those look divine! I bet they smell soooo good!

  8. janeterin Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 6:51 PM

    Those look SO good! I just got some carrots from my CSA too!

  9. petitfoodie Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 7:08 PM

    Janeterin and Monique
    Thank you for your comments :) they DID SMELL delish and tasted great!!
    -Jenna

  10. Courtney (The Hungry Yogini) Says:
    March 14th, 2009 at 2:11 AM

    Ohhhhhhhh my gosh. Those look absolutely wonderful!

  11. Sarah Says:
    March 14th, 2009 at 7:45 PM

    Ok I have totally been searching the net for a carrot muffin recipe today and I think yours is the winner!

  12. petitfoodie Says:
    March 14th, 2009 at 10:00 PM

    Thank you Courtney!!

    Sarah, Let me know how they turn out for you! :)

    -Jenna

  13. FoodsThatFit Says:
    March 16th, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    Those muffins look fantastic! Kind of like a healthy version of carrot cake!

  14. cleanveggiex3 Says:
    March 21st, 2009 at 5:41 PM

    wow those look amazing :)

  15. petitfoodie Says:
    March 23rd, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    Cleanveggiex3-Thank you :)

    -Jenna

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