Name: Morning glory muffins with fruit, cinnamon and nuts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 2 cup flour; 2 teaspoon baking soda; 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 cup sugar; 2 cup grated carrot; 1 medium Granny Smith apple (200g), grated; 225 gram tin crushed pineapple in juice; 1/2 cup desiccated coconut; 1/2 cup raisins; 1/2 cup chopped pecan nuts or walnuts; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 3/4 cup oil; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Morning glory muffins with fruit, cinnamon and nuts

Muffins...for breakfast? This morning glory muffins recipe combines plenty of fruit, nuts and spices to create a healthy, hearty start to the day

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Makes 16

Prep

15M

Cook

25M

Total

40M

This recipe first appeared in Food magazine issue 81.

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Ingredients

2 cup flour

2 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 cup sugar

2 cup grated carrot

1 medium Granny Smith apple (200g), grated

225 gram tin crushed pineapple in juice

1/2 cup desiccated coconut

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 cup chopped pecan nuts or walnuts

3 eggs, lightly beaten

3/4 cup oil

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method

1.Preheat the oven to 180C. Line 16 medium muffin pans with paper cases.

2.Sift the flour, baking soda and cinnamon into large bowl. Add the sugar, grated carrot, grated apple, crushed pineapple in juice, coconut, raisins and pecan nuts. In another bowl, combine the eggs, oil and vanilla essence. Pour into the dry ingredients and mix to combine.

3.Spoon the batter into the paper lined muffin tins, filling each almost to the top. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into one of the muffins comes out clean.

4.Cool for 5 minutes in the pans the cool completely on a rack.

Cook’s variations: – Date and ginger – replace the raisins with chopped dates and the ground cinnamon with ground ginger. – Apricot and orange – replace the raisins with chopped dried apricots, reduce cinnamon to 1 teaspoon and add 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest. – PER SERVE: Energy: 291kcal, 1218kj, Protein: 5g, Fat: 16g, Saturated fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 36mg, Carbohydrate: 33g Fibre: 3g, Sodium: 294mg
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