Good Kitchen Blog: Favorite Carrot Muffins

Monday, January 20, 2020

Favorite Carrot Muffins

Carrot muffins on a plate with butter and honey.

So you feel best when you eat wholesome foods but you’re also never not craving something warm and yummy from the oven?

A) You are understood here, and B) YOU CAME TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

Today that warm, cozy, wholesome but also buttered-and-honeyed answer is coming in the form of a pleasantly dense, lightly springy, and naturally sweet snacking carrot muffin that is flecked with tiny bits of carrots and oats – just textured enough to keep it fun, playful, and happy.

Is it an open invitation for a melty smear of butter or coconut oil with honey? Is it the perfect warm and satisfying match for your morning or afternoon coffee? Is it a day-brightener and a body-booster? It most certainly is.

How to Make Carrot Muffins*

*that are ridiculously easy, wholesome, and delicious!

Step 1: Grate your carrots.

Step 2: Put everything in the… wait for it… blender! You can make it as chunky or smooth as you want. This batch is more on the smooth side.

Step 3: Pour batter into a muffin tin. Top with walnuts or toasted coconut if you like that sorta thing.

Step 4: Butter, honey, DEVOUR.

This recipe is happily flexible with toppings and mix-ins. You can add any number of things and end up with a carrot muffin that is entirely YOU.

(Or, go a totally different direction and try our similarly wholesome and really delicious banana muffins, pumpkin muffins, zucchini muffins, and apple muffins.)

Carrot muffins on a plate with honey and butter.

We have a favorite saying: the little things are the big things. And today a warm, buttered, honey-drizzled carrot muffin is the very important little big thing.

Healthy Carrot Muffin

Author: Lindsay
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 12 muffins

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Description

Favorite Carrot Muffins that are warm, cozy, and wholesome! A naturally sweet snacking muffin flecked with tiny bits of carrots and oats, smeared with some butter and honey. YES.

Ingredients

2 cups rolled oats
8 medjool dates, pits removed
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup real maple syrup
3–4 carrots, peeled and shredded (about 2 cups total)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch of salt
walnuts or raisins (optional)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all ingredients in a blender until a chunky batter comes together.
Pour batter into a greased or lined muffin tin. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until the tops gently spring back when you press into them.
Smear warm muffins with butter and/or honey. Attempt not to eat them all. Serve warm or cold ALL DAY LONG. ♡