CARROT MUFFINS WITH RAISINS AND DRIED PINEAPPLE

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Now you can have carrot cake in a muffin! To make these even more like carrot cake, use your favourite cream cheese icing to take them over the top! You can even make them into tropical carrot cake muffins with a few substitutions. This recipe is adapted from "Scones, Muffins and Tea Cakes".

Provided by Dragoness

Categories     Quick Breads

Time 45m

Yield 18 muffins

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup oil or 3/4 cup canola oil (good)
1 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup dried currants or 1 cup dried papaya
1/2 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup dried mango or 3/4 cup dried papaya
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon or 2 teaspoons nutmeg (can be omitted if going the tropical route)
1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  • Grease 18 muffin cups, set aside.
  • In a large bowl, beat the eggs.
  • Add buttermilk, oil, honey and vanilla and mix together until well blended.
  • With a wooden spoon, stir in the carrots, raisins, pecans and pinepple.
  • In a small bowl, mix together the flours, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  • Gently fold the dry ingredients into the carrot mixture and mix until just blended (don't overmix).
  • Spoon the batter into the muffin cups, filling to the top.
  • Bake for 25 minutes, or until the muffins spring back when lightly pressed.
  • Let cool for five minutes in the tins, then transfer to a cooling rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 269.3, Fat 12.5, SaturatedFat 1.7, Cholesterol 31.4, Sodium 243.7, Carbohydrate 37.9, Fiber 2.4, Sugar 22, Protein 4.1

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