Recipe of the Week: Morning Glory Muffins

While honeymooning in Jamaica, Nathan and I fell in love with morning glory muffins and finally got around to making our own version on a Sunday morning. Mix up these delectable ingredients and morning glory muffins are sure to become one of your breakfast staples.

Ingredients
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup cane sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 cups shredded carrots
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or any nuts on hand)
1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1 apple (peeled, cored and shredded) OR 1 cup of apple sauce
3 organic eggs (can always substitute if you don't want to use eggs)
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees 
-Grease 12 muffin cups or use muffin liners
* this batch made 12 large and several mini muffins for us
-In large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in 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 toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.


Recipe adapted from: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-morning-glory-muffins/