Simple 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.

EXTREMELY EASY CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
• In a separate bowl, combine eggs, apple sauce and brown sugar; beat well.
• Combine egg mixture and flour mixture; mix just until moistened.
• Fold in carrots and drained raisins.
• Spoon into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
• Let cool for 30 minutes or eat immediately.

CARROT MUFFINS RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine your flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon. Whisk to combine, and set aside to work on the wet ingredients.
• In a medium bowl, add in your granulated sugar, brown sugar, and eggs. Whisk until well combined. Add in your oil, vanilla, and grated carrots. Whisk again until everything is incorporated.
• Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients. Mix everything together until you no longer see any dry ingredients in the batter. Take care not to over mix!
• Divide the carrot muffin batter evenly into your prepared muffin cups. Bake in the center of your preheated 350°F oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown on top and a skewer inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the muffin tin, then transfer the muffins to a wire cooling rack to cool to room temperature.

SPICED CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Line 12 cups (each 2 1/2 inches wide) of a standard muffin tin with paper liners; set aside. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, pumpkin-pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together yogurt, butter, and egg. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add yogurt mixture. Stir until just combined. Fold in carrots.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. (If desired, muffins can be baked immediately in a 375-degree oven for about 20 minutes.) Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes, then cover tin with plastic wrap, and freeze until ready to bake, up to 3 months.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake muffins (still frozen) until a toothpick inserted in center of one comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.

AWESOME CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine raisins and water in a small bowl. Let soak for 15 minutes. Drain raisins, discard water and set raisins aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, combine eggs, oil and brown sugar; beat well. Combine egg mixture and flour mixture; mix just until moistened. Fold in carrots and drained raisins. Spoon into prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes. Let cool for 30 minutes before frosting.

CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200C/gas mark 6/fan 180C. Melt the margarine in the microwave.
• Top and tail, then peel and grate the carrots.
• Combine the carrots, sugar and margarine in a bowl.
• Sift in the flour, cinnamon and baking powder.
• Beat the eggs in a small bowl and then add to the mixture. Also mix in the nuts and sultanas.
• Line a muffin tray with 12 muffin cases and divide the mixture equally between them. Bake for 20 minutes.

CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. In a blender or food processor, combine remaining ingredients; cover and process until carrots are finely chopped. Pour carrot mixture over dry ingredients; stir just until combined. , Fill greased muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 425° for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Serve warm.

BASIC CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°C.
• Measure first 7 ingredients into a large bowl. Stir and make a well in the center.
• Combine next 4 ingredients in a medium bowl. Mix well. Add to well.
• Add grated carrot. Stir until just moistened.
• Divide evenly among 12 greased muffin cups.
• Top each muffin with some white sugar or some streusel topping. Here is where you can get really creative. Nuts might be nice for some people. Others might want some oatmeal sprinkled on top. You could do many different toppings in one pan.
• Bake for 20 - 22 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Let stand in pan for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool.
• **There are a few variations listed in the book.
• Date Nut Carrot Muffins: Stir in 1/2 cup chopped dates and 1/2 cup chopped pecans into buttermilk mixture. The baking time may need to be longer (20-25 minutes total).
• Ginger Oat Carrot Muffins: Reduce Whole wheat flour to 1/2 cup. Add 1/2 cup quick cooking oats. Add 2 tsp finely chopped, peeled gingerroot. Sprinkle tops of muffins with 1/4 cup quick cooking oats before baking. Baking time may need to be longer (20-25 minutes total).