Homemade Apple carrot muffins. Picture: iStock
As the Springboks gear up for the World Cup finale, why not make it a weekend to remember?
Invite your friends over to watch the match and delight their taste buds with freshly baked Apple carrot muffins.
Let the sweet aroma and cosy flavours add a touch of warmth to your game day gathering.
Mixture
1½ cups white wheat flour,¾ cup brown sugar,½ cup oats,2 teaspoon baking powder,1 teaspoon baking soda,1 teaspoon ground cinnamon,½ teaspoon ground ginger,½ teaspoon salt,¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg.
3. In a separate bowl, combine milk, eggs, oil and vanilla.
Mixture
2. eggs, ½ cup milk, ¼ cup oil, 1 teaspoon vanilla.
4. Add milk mixture to flour mixture. Stir just until most of the flour is mixed in.
5. Add carrots and apples. Fold until all flour is fully mixed in.
Mixture
1 cup grated apple,1 cup grated carrot
6. Place in greased or paper lined muffin tins
7. Bake in preheated 190°C oven for 15-18 minutes
8. Allow muffins to cool for 2-3 minutes, remove from muffin tin and continue cooling on a baking rack.
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PrintIf you want the carrots to be hidden, use a very small hole when grating
Don’t fully mix the batter together until after you add the carrots and apples. They will add additional moisture to the batter.
Bake with paper liners, or spray your muffin tin with a nonstick spray
Use a cookie scoop or an ice cream scoop to easily fill the muffin tin
Variations:
Use all-purpose flour instead of the white wheat flour
Nuts – Add ¾ cup of chopped nuts. Walnuts, pecans, or almonds would all be delicious
Dried Fruit – Add ¾ cup of raisins or golden raisins, or dried cranberries
Coconut – Add ½ cup shredded coconut. Use sweetened or unsweetened coconut.
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