Wednesday, March 29

Muffin Recipe for Floosen (and Anyone Else Who Wants It)

Zucchini Yogurt Multigrain Muffins
This originally came from allrecipes.com but I’ve made enough alterations on it that I think I can pretty much call it my own. I’m still playing with the amounts of sugar, trying to get it down more (original recipe called for one cup of just white sugar and 3/4 cup honey; it also uses oat flour instead of oat bran and oatmeal). It’s a very forgiving recipe so you can actually change a lot. These freeze really well.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes Ready In: 55 Minutes
Yields: 24 servings

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup oat bran
1/2 cup (or more) oatmeal
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 cup plain yogurt
1/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup honey
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup shredded zucchini
1 cup shredded carrots
[Note: I add in different things as I’ve had them around. I’ve added with success on different occasions a mashed banana, dried cranberries, a little pumpkin]
1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
1/2 cup raisins (optional)

DIRECTIONS:
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease 24 muffin cups.
  2. In a bowl, sift together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, oat flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, beat together eggs, vegetable oil, applesauce, yogurt, sugar, honey, and vanilla. Mix the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Fold in the zucchini, carrots, pecans, and raisins. Scoop into the prepared muffin cups.
  3. Bake 18 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

2 Comments:

Blogger Fran Loosen said...

Super yum. I wish I had one in the freezer right now. Thanks!!!

Fran (floosen)

3:35 PM  
Blogger Fran Loosen said...

These *are* super-yum...I just made the first batch today and small guy sat in front of the oven waiting for them to come out, only to implore, after they were cooling, every minute for one. Delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe. I used those groovy silicone muffin "tins" and have to say it was the easiest cleanup in the world!

9:03 PM  

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