Baby Muffins (Carrot Baby Muffins)

These healthy zero-sugar added baby carrot muffins are moist and packed with nutritious ingredients.

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free, Vegan

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Total Time 40

Servings muffins

Calories 90kcal

Author Abbey Sharp

Ingredients

2 tablespoons flaxseed meal 16g
1/2 cup homemade oat milk or hemp, almond* (116g)
1/4 cup melted vegan butter or coconut oil (50g)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup grated apple 2 smaller apples (128g)
1 cup packed finely grated carrot 128g)
1 medium ripe mashed banana 1/3 cup (92g)
3/4 cup almond flour/meal 76g
1-1/2 cup GF oat flour** 136g
2 teaspoons GF baking powder***
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
Hemp hearts to sprinkle on top

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375° F and grease a mini muffin pan.
Combine and mix the flaxseed meal, plant milk, melted butter and vanilla extract in a large bowl.
To the same bowl, add the grated apple, finely grated carrot, mashed banana and mix.
Add the almond flour/meal, GF oat flour, GF baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, sea salt and mix until well combined.
Fill mini muffin tin with the mixture and sprinkle with hemp hearts (optional). Bake for 20-22 minutes or until tops feel firm.
Cool in pan for 10 minutes, carefully remove the muffins from the tin and finish cooling them on a wire rack.

Notes

Best enjoyed a few hours later or even better the next day! You can warm them up for a few seconds in your microwave.

Store the mini muffins in a sealed bag or covered glass container for a couple of days or freeze them for longer storage.

*Make homemade plant milk with 1/2 cup of the seed/nut blended in a high-speed blender with about 2 cups of water. Squeeze through mesh bag to remove larger pulp.

**You can make oat flour by milling quick oats or large oats in a high-speed blender.

***GF baking powder ingredients: cream of tartar, baking soda, tapioca starch.

If using a non-GF brand (that contains other ingredients), it’s possible that less baking powder would be required. Alternatively, one could add just 1 teaspoon of baking soda only.

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