Spicy Carrot Muffins Recipes

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.

CARROT SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 36 muffin cups, or use paper liners.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, bran, wheat germ, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Make a well in the center. In a small bowl, mix together eggs, molasses, vegetable oil, milk, and grated carrots. Pour into well, and mix just until moistened. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tops spring back when lightly tapped.

SPICY CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Combine flour, sugar, raisins, walnuts, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt in a large bowl. Stir Well.
• Beat carrots, eggs and oil. Add to dry ingredients all at once, stirring until just moistened. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pans, filling 3/4 full for regular muffins, or full for large sized muffins.
• Bake for 20 minutes for regular muffins, or 27 miniutes for large muffins or until tops spring back when lightly touched.
• May omit nuts.
• May replace carrots with shredded zucchini.

MINI SPICED CARROT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F and center an oven rack. Line a mini-muffin tray with your favorite liners.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, garam masala, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. Work in the brown sugar with your fingers.
• Whisk together the carrots, yogurt, oil, raisins, coconut, ginger, zest and eggs in a separate bowl.
• Stir the wet ingredients into the dry until just combined (don't fret if the batter has lumps).
• Grease a small 1 1/4-inch ice-cream scoop with nonstick spray and fill the liners about 3/4 of the way to the top. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar, if using.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the muffins comes out clean and the tops spring back when touched, 14 to 16 minutes. Rotate the trays front to back and top to bottom about halfway through baking to ensure even baking. Let the muffins rest in the hot muffin pan 3 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack and let cool 30 minutes.

EASY SPICED CARROT CAKE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place foil or paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, oil, water, eggs, cinnamon and nutmeg with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in carrots. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about two-thirds full).
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes, then remove from pan to cooling racks; cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Frost cupcake with 1 generous tablespoon frosting. Using photo as a guide, immediately roll edges of frosting in sprinkles and top with crushed chocolate cookies. Repeat with remaining cupcakes. Insert topper in center of each cupcake.
• Store loosely covered at room temperature.

SPICED CARROT OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease or place cupcake wrappers in a standard-size, 12-cup muffin pan.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, 1 cup oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the milk, applesauce, brown sugar, canola oil, egg, and carrots.
• Pour the wet ingredients over the dry and whisk just until all ingredients are incorporated.
• Divide the mixture between the muffin cups. I like to use an ice cream scoop for this - so easy! Cups should be filled just about to the top.
• Bake until muffin tops spring back when poked and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20-22 minutes
• Allow to cool for about 10 minutes before removing from the muffin tin.
• Serve plain or with butter (or vegan butter) if desired.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 - 3 days or freeze.

CHA-CHING! CARROT SPICE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Mix together dry ingredients- flour, soda, powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice.
• Mix together wet ingredients- honey/brown sugar, egg, buttermilk/yogurt, oil, vanilla and the carrots, raisins and nuts.
• Stir the wet and dry ingredients together until just moistened.
• Bake for about 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.