Healthy Morning Glory Muffins
📝 Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup date sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 1/3 cup unsweetened, flaked coconut
- ½ cup golden raisins
- zest of 1 orange
- 1 small apple peeled and grated (about 1 cup)
- 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 cup grated carrot
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans, plus more to top
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1½ tsp pure vanilla extract
👨🍳 Instructions
- Place oven rack in lower third of oven and preheat to 350F.
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt.
- Add the coconut, raisins, orange zest, apple, pineapple, carrots and stir to combine.
- In a separate bowl, whisk eggs with the applesauce and vanilla. Add to the dry ingredients, and blend well.
- Spoon batter into muffin tins lined with muffin cups. Spritz the muffin cups with cooking spray. Fill almost all the way, they don't rise much.
- Press extra nuts and coconut flakes onto the tops, if desired.
- Bake for 30 - 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool muffins in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.
📊 Nutrition Facts
- Calories: 198.61 kcal
- Fat: 4.78 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.87 g
- Carbohydrates: 37.38 g
- Net Carbohydrates: 34.36 g
- Sugar: 18.88 g
- Cholesterol: 31 mg
- Sodium: 236.21 mg
- Alcohol: 0.18 g
- Alcohol %: 0.21 %
- Protein: 3.94 g
- Vitamin A: 1854.52 IU
- Manganese: 0.57 mg
- Selenium: 9.99 µg
- Fiber: 3.01 g
- Vitamin B1: 0.16 mg
- Copper: 0.17 mg
- Folate: 32.98 µg
- Vitamin B2: 0.14 mg
- Phosphorus: 76.39 mg
- Iron: 1.28 mg
- Magnesium: 25.31 mg
- Vitamin B6: 0.12 mg
- Vitamin B3: 1.19 mg
- Potassium: 201.57 mg
- Vitamin C: 4.74 mg
- Zinc: 0.54 mg
- Vitamin B5: 0.3 mg
- Calcium: 28.98 mg
- Vitamin K: 2.46 µg
- Vitamin E: 0.31 mg
- Vitamin B12: 0.07 µg
- Vitamin D: 0.17 µg
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