Amy's Morning Glory Muffins

With this stay home order in place I have found myself in obsession with finding the perfect healthy muffins that my family can enjoy and I think these will do the trick. 😊

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour

2 over ripe bananas, smashed

1 Tbs baking powder

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

Pinch of salt

3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce

1/2 cup canola oil

1 medium size apple, shredded

1 Tbs vanilla extract

1 cup grated carrot

1 cup grated zucchini, squeezed with paper towel after grated

1/2 cup dried cranberries or raisins

1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

1/2 cup chopped walnuts or nuts of choice

Instructions:

1. Line or grease 12 muffin tins and pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.

2. In large bowl add flower, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt; whisk well to combined.

3. Add in smashed bananas, applesauce, canola oil, apple and vanilla; whisk until just combined.

4. Fold in carrots, zucchini, dried cranberries, shredded coconut and walnuts.

5. Evenly divide batter into prepared muffin cups.

6. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350 while muffins stay in the oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted in the center of the muffins comes out clean. Cool muffins in the pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

7. Serve warm with a bit of peanut butter on top, room temperature or cold. Enjoy!