Wednesday, October 12

Zucchini, Carrot & Cranberry Muffins (incredibly delicious & mighty healthy too!)

Recipe for Healthy Zucchini, Carrot & Cranberry Muffins

I'm not going to lie - these muffins are crazy good! So good, that I ate two of them back to back for dinner. Yup, and that was my dinner. Can you tell I was flying solo last night?!
At least these muffins contain carrots & zucchini ; )


Recipe for Healthy Zucchini, Carrot & Cranberry Muffins

Read on for the recipe....


Healthy and Delicious Zucchini, Carrot & Cranberry Muffins
(Recipe from The Sono Baking Company Cookbook)

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 cup sugar
1 cup canola oil
2 eggs
3/4 cup finely grated carrot
3/4 cup finely grated zucchini
1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla
1 cup whole fresh or frozen cranberries

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 12-cup muffin tray.
Mix together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and baking soda.
In another bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, eggs, grated carrot & zucchini, and vanilla. Fold dry ingredients into wet, and mix gently until flour is absorbed. Then gently fold in the cranberries (don't overmix).
Divide the batter into 12 muffin cups.
Bake for approximately 25 minutes - until an inserted cake tester comes out clean.
Cool in the muffin tins on a wire rack.

These muffins are delicious on their own, but also taste outrageously good with cream cheese icing.

Cream Cheese Icing

4 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 cup butter (unsalted), at room temperature
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cup icing sugar

Mix all ingredients together until smoothly combined.

29 comments:

sweet harvest moon said...

These look amazing! I love cranberries!

Tiffany Kadani said...

Oh yum! I love a good muffin and I love that you suggest to add cream cheese frosting.Yum!

Noodles and Waffles said...

Yum! These look amazing!

Pinecone Camp said...

I love a recipe that is beyond delicious and is healthy too! These look perfectly perfect.

Sweet Pea (formerly Alice) said...

Those do look delicious!
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Collette Osuna said...

Oh my word, do these look YUMMY!
Thanks for sharing!


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k said...

oh heavens, that sounds so good.

Fit With Flash said...

i think when fall hits, you HAVE to bake. : ) these look yummy!

Tash said...

These look so good Vanessa. I've been feeling like baking lately, I think I might have to make these :)

natalie said...

i want.

Tanya (a Taste of T) said...

The muffins alone look amazing but since you topped them with frosting, I want a bath tub full of them

Yasmeen said...

Mmmmm, MMMM! I adore the sound of these. I've started hiding zucchini in my muffins lately (made choc-zucchini ones the other day, haha).

I miss cranberries terribly, especially this time of year that I associate with Thanksgiving. This is a must-try for me, even if I have to go hunting for precious cranberries at the expat store.

Lady Grey said...

This just in: this recipe also works great using half whole wheat flour, half all-purpose flour. I bet it would work using all whole-wheat as well... going to try that next time.
xo

Anonymous said...

Ha! I ran out of all purpose flour and had to use whole wheat for half of recipe and they turned out delicious.

Anonymous said...

Not exactly healthy... unless you make a few substitutions. Just sayin. Shouldn't advertise healthy when it's not!

Anonymous said...

If you want healthy, do them like this lady makes them: http://www.realkidseatspinach.com/stealthy-healthy-carrot-zucchini-muffins/

Lady Grey said...

Well of course every recipe can always be made "healthier"... it's a matter of opinion I guess. They do contain a lot of zucchini and carrots, but they still taste as decadent as a muffin should.... you have to live a little!

But for the record, this recipe works wonderfully with whole what flour as well.

ewe scrap said...

Hello! My daughter and I made these today! Will be great to put in the kids lunches!
THANKS!
Colette and Anna-Kate

Anonymous said...

I add applesause when it calls for oil, and they are great, also a little allbran makes them healthy.

Lady Grey said...

I love this idea!

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Anonymous said...

Could you also make this is cake form?

Lady Grey said...

yes, definitely! I did it as a coffee cake once and it turned out beautifully. Just adjust baking time appropriately... until an inserted cake tester comes out clean.

Queen of Eyes said...

I love these and have made them three times -- twice with substitutions to lighten them up a bit. For any readers interested, here's what I did. Instead of 1 c oil, I used 1 c unsweetened applesauce. Instead of cranberries, I used a frozen mix of raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries. The natural sweetness of the applesauce and the berries allowed me to drop the sugar down to 1/3 c. I also did an even split between flour and cornmeal (1 c each) for a little texture. The muffins turned out fantastically with and without these substitutions, but I just wanted to let anyone who would care to know that subbing out the oil entirely didn't mess them up. Thanks for posting such a great recipe! I'll be making these muffins in one version or another for years to come.

Samantha said...

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Angela said...

Delicious. I added 2 cups of fresh cranberries since I needed to use them up. They're tart but good. My 6 year old and husband love them too!

Anonymous said...

I like it a lot.


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