Carrot & Apple Muffins

Nothing like a delicious muffin to spruce up your child’s lunchbox. Delicious, filling and healthy! These Apple & Carrot Muffins are the best!

Serves : 8 – 10
Prep Time : 10 – 15 MINUTES
Cooking Time : 25 MINUTES

Ingredients

Carrot – 250g, shredded

Green Apple – 1, shredded

Walnuts – 1/2 Cup, roughly chopped (optional)

Coconut – 1/4 Cup, shredded

All Purpose Flour – 2 Cups

Sugar – 3/4 Cup

Vegetable Oil – 1/2 Cup

Egg – 3, at room temperature

Vanilla Extract or Beans – 2 tsp

Baking Soda – 2 tsp

Salt – 1/2 tsp

Cinnamon – 1 tsp

Ground Nutmeg – 1/4 tsp

– Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lightly grease a muffin tray and sprinkle with flour.

– Sift the flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and nutmeg into a bowl.

– Thoroughly mix in the oil and sugar, either with your hands or electric mixer.

– Add the eggs one at a time, mixing in each time. Add the vanilla and mix well.

– Add the dry ingredients and fold using a spatula.

– Add the carrots, apples, walnuts and coconut and fold using the spatula.

– Pour the cake mixture into the muffin tray, 3/4 of the way up.

– Place in the pre-heated oven for 25 minutes.

– Allow to completely cool before serving.

– Option to omit the walnuts if packing as a school snack.

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