Easy Wholesome Banana and Carrot Muffins
An easy healthy wholesome nutritious Muffins Recipe.
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Equipment you will need
1 mixing bowl
1 spatula
1 whisk
1 6 hole muffin pan
muffin liner
ice cream scoop or large spoon
Ingredients
- 1¾ cup wheat flour (Read the post )
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup banana (mashed)
- 1½ cup carrot (finely grated)
- ½ cup olive oil (or canola oil)
- ⅓ cup honey (or agave, maple syrup)
- ½ cup walnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Line a muffin pan with muffin liners or spray with non stick spray or grease them. Preheat an oven with the rack in the middle.
- In a bowl, add oil, honey, mashed bananas, grated carrot. Using a whisk, mix until well blended.
- To this Sift in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and ground cinnamon. Using a spatula, fold the dry ingredients well, until there is no streak of flour seen. This is banana carrot muffin batter.
- Using an ice cream scoop or a large spoon, fill in the muffin liners half full or ¾ Top the muffins with chopped walnuts.
- Bake in the preheated oven at 180°C/340°F for about 18 mins.
- Once baked check for doneness, a toothpick inserted should come with some crumbs.
- Let it sit in the pan for about 10 mins. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve fresh and warm
Notes
- Make these with fresh ingredients. No frozen carrots here. Fresh ones taste the best
- Mash bananas really well and use only over ripe bananas
- Bake these muffins at the right temperature and for the right time. A little overdone, these muffins tend to get dry and dense.
- These muffins are best consumed fresh.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 muffinCalories: 483 kcalCarbohydrates: 64 gProtein: 7 gFat: 24 gSaturated Fat: 3 gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7 gMonounsaturated Fat: 13 gFiber: 3 gSugar: 22 gIron: 3 mg
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