Morning Glory Muffins

Muffins make a regular appearance on our breakfast table, as I rarely buy breakfast cereal.  Blueberry, lemon poppy seed, bran, my favorite muffins, you name it, we've probably had them.  So I am always on the look out for new muffin recipes.   My mother-in-law told me about this recipe she has on several different occasions during her visits here, but the recipe was always a long ways off at her house, some 850 + miles away.   We finally touched base this last week and I was able to get it from her, and these muffins did not disappoint!

I did change it up a little--when do I ever follow a recipe exactly?

I had previously tried to make a similar Morning Glory muffin recipe probably over a year ago and with that recipe, the muffins were light in color and in my mind they should be darker--more like a bran muffin.  I decreased the amount of sugar (which is healthier anyhow) and added in some molasses--to help offset the sweetness and give a darker color.  These turned out so yummy...and they are probably somewhat figure friendly too. 

Morning Glory Muffins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2 cups whole wheat flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
3/4 cup sugar
2 Tbsp molasses

1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup oil (yes, I know, I used a hydrogenated oil--at some point I will break down and buy some coconut oil  ...since then, I have bought coconut oil--and I don't use anything else now!)
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 1/2 c grated carrots
2 apples--peeled, cored, and grated
3/4 cup grated coconut (I used unsweetened)
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 chopped pecans

Sift dry ingredients through cinnamon together, set aside.  Mix sugar, molasses, vanilla and oil together until well blended.  Add in beaten eggs and mix well.  Fold in carrots, apples, coconut, raisins, and pecans.  Make a well with dry ingredients and fold together wet ingredients.  Mix until just moistened.

Fill greased muffin tins 2/3 full and bake for approximately 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.  The recipe says 24 muffins--I got 18.   I guess it depends on your muffin tins.  :)   

Enjoy!


This recipe is linked to:

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