Whole Grain Health Muffins

Name: Whole Grain Health Muffins
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12-14 muffins, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour; 3/4 cup ground flax seeds; 3/4 cup oatmeal; 1 cup brown sugar; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 1 cup shredded carrot; 1 cup finely chopped peeled apple; 1/2 cup raisins; 3/4 cup milk; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla

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Submitted by Jo Anne

"These muffins contain no oil are super moist with carrots, apples and raisins."

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 14
Yields:: 12-14 muffins
Serves:: 12

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ cups whole wheat flour
³⁄₄ cup ground flax seeds
³⁄₄ cup oatmeal
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup shredded carrot
1 cup finely chopped peeled apple
¹⁄₂ cup raisins
³⁄₄ cup milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

*groundflax seed (measure after grinding; coffee grinder is good for grinding flax seed) Preheat oven to 375.
Lightly grease muffin tin.
Combine all ingredients.
Spoon batter into muffin tins about 3/4 full.
Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Makes 12-14 muffins depending on size.

Questions & Replies

Hi! I was thinking about doing this recipe, but I don't like apples in my desserts. What would be a good substitute for the apples? Aside from applesauce. Thanks :)

avellanosa_julianne

Reviews

Amazing recipe, sweet muffins! Followed the recipe and got rich and moist muffins I used a cup of apple sauce instead of chopped apples and turned out good too!

Silvia Q.
These are fan-freaking-tastic! I am blown away by how moist and delicious they are. I shredded the apple instead of dicing it which I think made the muffins even more moist. Used egg beaters & skim milk, and a batch made 18 generous-sized muffins, making each one just 2 WW points. A definite keeper!

Amy020
Great recipe! Make no mistake these are healthy muffins, but they are very tasty, moist healthy muffins. You would never know these are low fat. I shredded the apple to spread the moisture and taste throughout the muffin. They turned out great. My kids (1 and 3 years) eat them every night as a bedtime snack and they really look forward to it.

Weesie D
These are EXCELLENT! I served these to several medics at my clinic that usually do not like anything termed 'healthy.' They were very surprised to hear how healthy these were because they loved these. Very moist. I have made these with craisins instead of raisins before.

lorintz.jean
I made these muffins and had to eat two while they were still warm! I mill my own grains and this recipe was so worth the effort! I gave some to friends and family and they all agreed with me and want me to make more! They rose up nicely and were moist, sweet and delicious!

Robin H.

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Tweaks

I love this recipe. It has been my go to breakfast muffin recipe for some time now. So nice to be able to make muffins that you feel good about eating. One small change I made is that I double the amount of shredded apples and carrots and cook them and blend them into an apple carrot sauce. It adds a bit of time to the prep time but the muffins are super moist and almost seem like they are not quite as healthy as they really are :). I also like to throw in a handful of nuts and I always replace the eggs for a tblsp of yogurt for each egg. Yummy! thank you!

kitchenreligion
I will add my accolades to this recipes, for sure. Very moist and tasty...without a lot of fat? Amazing. My modifications to the recipe were to grate the apple as many have done, used low fat buttermilk instead of regular milk and used dried blueberries instead of raisins. I made 12 muffins, each one heaped up to the top of the tin (not 3/4), but they rose very nicely with crispy, high crowns and baked perfectly in 20 minutes.

idgie
These are EXCELLENT! I served these to several medics at my clinic that usually do not like anything termed 'healthy.' They were very surprised to hear how healthy these were because they loved these. Very moist. I have made these with craisins instead of raisins before.

lorintz.jean
I LOVE THESE!!! YUM! They are so good! They are very tender and moist with lots of flavor. I got 12 very generous sized muffins. Just one makes a very filling and satisfying breakfast! These muffins freeze beautifully too. The only thing I did differently was to omit the raisins and I used date sugar in place of the brown sugar. This is a must try recipe. I plan to make it again very soon! Thank you for the wonderful recipe!

HeathersKitchen
Great flavor. Used blackberries instead of raisins. My problem, the went bad too early. I guess I should have kept them refrigerated. Anyone else come across this?

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