Name: Healthy Applesauce Carrot Muffins {Carrot Cake Muffins}
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12, 12 muffins
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour or all-purpose flour (see note); 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons melted butter; 1/2 cup honey; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 cup unsweetened applesauce; 3/4 to 1 cup finely shredded carrots (1 large carrot, no need to peel)

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Healthy Applesauce Carrot Muffins {Carrot Cake Muffins}

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 12 · 40m total

Servings

Calories

7% of a 2,000 cal day

136KCAL

Protein

3g6% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat3g

Saturated1g

Unsaturated2g

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Total Carbs26g

Fiber2g

Total Sugars14g

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incl. Added Sugars12g

23%

Starch9g

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Sodium228mg

10%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Carrot cake muffins sweetened with honey and applesauce, spiced with cinnamon and ginger. Moist and wholesome for breakfast or a portable snack.

Ingredients

12 SERVINGS

1½ cupswhole wheat flour — or all-purpose flour
1 tspbaking soda
1 tspground cinnamon
¼ tspground nutmeg
¼ tspground ginger
½ tspsalt
2 tbspbutter — melted
½ cuphoney
1egg — lightly beaten
1 tsppure vanilla extract
1 cupunsweetened applesauce
¾–1 cupfinely shredded carrots — 1

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Method

40m total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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