Apple-Carrot Mini Muffins (with Quinoa!)

Apple-Carrot Mini Muffins (with Quinoa!) requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 36 servings with 65 calories, 1g of protein, and 2g of fat each. For 12 cents per serving, this recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have cake flour, vanillan extract, light brown sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. 3086 people found this recipe to be yummy and satisfying. It works well as an inexpensive hor d'oeuvre. It is brought to you by Sweet Happy Life. With a spoonacular score of 11%, this dish is not so great. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Frosted Carrot Mini Muffins, Carrot and Zucchini Mini-Muffins, and Carrot and Zucchini Mini-Muffins.

Servings: 36

 

Ingredients:

1 medium apple, peeled and diced

1 teaspoon baking soda

¼ cup butter, melted (you could also use olive oil)

¼ cup cake flour

1 cup grated carrots

1 cup cooked quinoa

2 eggs

½ cup King Arthur White Whole Wheat Flour

¾ cup all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon kosher salt

¾ cup light brown sugar, packed

¼ cup unsweetened applesauce

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

½ cup plain yogurt (I used whole milk yogurt)

Equipment:

muffin tray

oven

bowl

muffin liners

toothpicks

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin tin with baking cups or coat them with baking spray.Cook the quinoa according to package ingredients. (I used truRoots Organic Quinoa, which tells you to combine ½ cup quinoa with 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer on low for 15 minutes.)In a medium bowl combine the flours, baking soda and salt.In a large bowl combine the brown sugar, applesauce, butter, yogurt, vanilla and eggs. Add the carrots, apples and quinoa, stirring to combine.Fold in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Divide among muffin cups and bake 10-15 minutes for mini muffins or 20-25 minutes for regular muffins. The muffins are done when golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin tin with baking cups or coat them with baking spray.Cook the quinoa according to package ingredients. (I used tru

2. Roots Organic Quinoa, which tells you to combine ½ cup quinoa with 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer on low for 15 minutes.)In a medium bowl combine the flours, baking soda and salt.In a large bowl combine the brown sugar, applesauce, butter, yogurt, vanilla and eggs.

3. Add the carrots, apples and quinoa, stirring to combine.Fold in the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Divide among muffin cups and bake 10-15 minutes for mini muffins or 20-25 minutes for regular muffins. The muffins are done when golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.


Nutrition Information:

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64k Calories
1g Protein
1g Total Fat
10g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
64k
3%

Fat
1g
3%

  Saturated Fat
0.98g
6%

Carbohydrates
10g
4%

  Sugar
5g
6%

Cholesterol
12mg
4%

Sodium
83mg
4%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
1g
3%

Vitamin A
653IU
13%

Selenium
2µg
4%

Manganese
0.08mg
4%

Folate
12µg
3%

Vitamin B1
0.05mg
3%

Vitamin B2
0.05mg
3%

Phosphorus
23mg
2%

Iron
0.38mg
2%

Fiber
0.52g
2%

Vitamin B3
0.34mg
2%

Magnesium
6mg
2%

Potassium
47mg
1%

Calcium
12mg
1%

Copper
0.03mg
1%

Vitamin B6
0.02mg
1%

Zinc
0.16mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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