Easy Pecan Carrot Muffins Recipes

CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Line a muffin pan with paper liners.
• In a large bowl sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Set aside.
• In a mixer bowl fitted with paddle attachment, or using a hand-held mixer, beat together eggs, granulated sugar, and brown sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. On low speed and with the mixer running, add oil slowly and beat until combined. Beat in vanilla extract until combined, then turn off mixer. Fold in carrots by hand until combined. Fold in flour mixture just until combined. Don't overmix. Fold in nuts and shredded coconut.
• Fill each liner ¾ full with batter. Bake for 15-20 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Muffins will keep in an airtight container for 4 days at room temperature or in the fridge.

SOFT & MOIST CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Greased or line muffin tins.
• In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
• Whisk sugar, oil, and eggs in a separate bowl.
• Stir egg mixture into dry ingredients just until combined.
• Lightly fold in carrots, apples and raisins.
• Divide the mixture into prepared muffin tins
• Bake 25-29 minutes or until tops are golden and a toothpick comes out clean.

PECAN CARROT BREAD OR MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flours, sugar, carrots, nuts, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt, and mix thoroughly, breaking up any lumps.
• Add the remaining ingredients and mix just until blended (do NOT over mix).
• For bread: Spoon batter into a greased 8.5x4.5" loaf pan.
• Bake at 350F until dark golden brown (about 1 hours).
• For muffins: Spoon batter into greased muffin cups.
• Bake at 350F until golden brown (about 45 minutes).

FLUFFY CARROT MUFFINS WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease the bottoms only of 12 muffin cups, or line with baking cups. Sift together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
• Beat the eggs and sugar until frothy and lightened in color. Stir in the oil, vanilla extract, and grated carrot; fold in the flour mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared muffin tins.
• Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to cool on wire racks.
• Meanwhile, prepare the icing by beating together the cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and confectioners' sugar until fluffy. Frost the cooled muffins and chill until ready to serve.

EASY MORNING GLORY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups, or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in the carrot, raisins, nuts, coconut, and apple.
• In a separate bowl, beat together eggs, oil, and vanilla. Stir egg mixture into the carrot/flour mixture, just until moistened. Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

PECAN PIE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 18 mini muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a medium bowl, stir together brown sugar, flour and pecans. In a separate bowl beat the butter and eggs together until smooth, stir into the dry ingredients just until combined. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups. Cups should be about 2/3 full.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on wire racks when done.

CARROT & PECAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases. Tip the beans into a bowl and add the cinnamon, oats, eggs, oil, maple syrup, vanilla extract and orange zest. Blitz with a hand blender until really smooth - the beans and oats should be ground down as much as possible.
• Stir in the carrot, raisins, chopped pecans and baking powder, and mix well. Spoon into the muffin cases - use a large ice cream scoop if you have one, to get nice even muffins.
• Top each muffin with a reserved pecan and bake for 20 mins until set and light brown. Cool on a wire rack. Will keep in the fridge for a few days, or freeze for 6 weeks; thaw at room temperature.