Carrot cake muffins

by EatSmart Nutrition

These tasty little treats are super most, and even healthy! They are great lunch box snacks for the kids, or an on the go snack when busy life takes hold. They also freeze really well!

Ingredients

2 cups whole meal self raising  flour

¼ cup oats

2 teaspoons cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground ginger

2/3 cup light olive oil

½ cup honey

¼ cup greek yoghurt

½ cup unsweetened apple sauce

3 eggs

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups grated carrot (about 4 medium carrots)

½ cup EACH sultanas and walnuts

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius, and line muffin tray (we got 15 muffins out of this recipe)
  2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, oats, cinnamon, ginger, sultanas and walnuts
3. In another bowl, beat together oil and honey until combined. Beat in the yoghurt and apple sauce until fluffy. Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
4. Fold wet mixture into flour mixture. Then add the grated carrot, try not to over mix.
5. Spoon into muffin pans, and bake for 20-25 minutes.