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These moist and flavorful carrot muffins make breakfast or snack time more enjoyable. It’s a delicious treat for the whole family.
During the summer harvest at our community garden, one of our neighbors gifted us fresh carrots.
I washed, cleaned, and grated the organic carrots to make these muffins to celebrate and share with them.
Any time someone gifts us produce, I always make something that I can give back in part to them.
Years ago, when we started giving our crab apples for free, a lady returned the next day with a homemade jar of crab apple jelly.
It made us so happy that we started this tradition whenever someone gifted us something from their garden.
Secret Ingredient To Make Moist Carrot Cake Muffins
The secret to moisten these carrot muffins is in the thinly chopped apples.
Apples comprise approximately 80% moisture, and when combined with the carrots in the batter, they allow the baked muffin to stay moist.
The moisture content will vary depending on the apple you choose, but generally, it’s over 80%.
I used a crunchy cosmic crisp apple that is not too tart, which overpowers the carrot.
Cosmic Crisp® apples are a cross between the ‘Enterprise’ and ‘Honeycrisp’. The large, juicy apple has a remarkably firm and crisp texture. Some say it snaps when you bite into it! The Cosmic Crisp® apple flavor profile is the perfect balance of sweet and tart, making it ideal for snacking, baking, cooking, juicing or any other way you like to enjoy apples. =
How To Make Bakery-Style Carrot Muffins
There are two steps to making high-top bakery-style muffins:
- Never overmix a muffin batter, and gently fold in ingredients where instructed.
- Always fill the muffin liner and bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes, and then reduce the heat to 350 degrees for the remainder of the baking time.
I’ve made my carrot muffin recipe several times with and without liners; they taste the same but look slightly different.
Also, using the freshest, quality ingredients is essential whenever you bake.
One last tip: if the muffins are getting dark on the top before finishing baking, add tinfoil over the top to stop the outer layer process.
These carrot muffins are stored in a container for up to 7 days or in a freezer bag for up to 6 months.
They are perfect for Christmas or New Year’s morning as a light breakfast option for your family and guests.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon spice
- 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup canola oil or vegetable oil
- 2 cups shredded carrots
- 1 cup thinly chopped apple (1 medium apple)
Other Muffin Recipes
- Chocolate Zucchini Muffins – Hide The Vegetables!
- Keto Pumpkin Muffins – Moist and sugar-free.
- Copycat Tim Hortons Chocolate Chip Muffins – Viral recipe
- Keto Cranberry Orange Muffins – Perfect Christmas Muffins
- Easy Carrot and Orange Breakfast Muffins – A healthy, moist snack.
Creamy Chicken Pot Pie
A hot chicken pot pie is simple to make and uses up all of the leftover vegetables in your refrigerator to eliminate any food waste.
Ingredients
- 1 pack chicken drumsticks (15) – You can use cooked chicken around 11/2 lbs or 2 chicken breasts
- 1 stock cube (if using own chicken stock use 1 cup)
- 2 cups warm milk
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 pack puff pastry
- Vegetables optional
Instructions
- Cook drumsticks in the oven for 45 minutes or until fully cooked.
- Once cooked clean all the meat off the bones. (set skin and bones aside to make stock)
- Chop up vegetables if you are adding any.
- Add olive oil and butter to the pan and put onto high
- Place chicken into pan, brown slightly
- Mix milk, stock cube and cornstarch together and add to the chicken.
- Bring to the boil and stir until thickened.
- Turn heat down and let simmer. Add vegetables (optional)
- Note: If you find sauce to runny just add a bit more cornstarch. Vice-versa if it’s too thick add more milk.
- Empty pan into pie dish
- Roll out dough so that it overlaps pie dish
- Note: You can add an inside crust to pie dish see link below. You need to eliminate the sugar and add 1/2 teaspoon of salt http://canadianbudgetbinder.com/2013/12/22/double-crust-mincemeat-pies-part-2/
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- Carefully place the pastry over your dish and cut any excess away from the side. Any spare bits of pastry can be used to decorate pie.
- Glaze your pie with some milk and place in the oven for 30 minutes or until the pastry has puffed and turned golden brown.
- There you have it, a wonderful pie that can be simple
If you make these carrot muffins, please leave a rating and comment below.
Thanks for stopping by,
Mr. CBB