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Carrot Walnut Bran Muffin
These are a healthy muffin which taste like carrot cake- yummy with no guilt! Baking is starting to shift to healthier options and my recipes will reflect that trend but don't worry they will still be ooey gooey treats which still make you go yum .
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Course
Snack
Ingredients
½
cup
brown sugar
lightly packed
2
large eggs
½
cup
mild sunflower oil
1
cup
buttermilk
1
cup
all purpose flour
2
cups
bran
1
tsp
baking soda
½
tsp
cream of tartar
½
tsp
salt
1
tsp
cinnamon
1
tsp
ginger
grated rind of 1 orange
2
medium carrots
peeled and grated
½
cup
chopped walnuts
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180 C
Line muffin tins with paper liners
Beat eggs in a large bowl. Add Brown sugar and oil, mix well.
Mix in Bran, cinnamon and ginger. Let the mixture stand for 10 mins.
Meanwhile , sift together the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt
After 10 mins, add flour mixture to bran mixture alternately with buttermilk, stir well
Gently fold in orange rind, grated carrot and walnuts.
Spoon mixture carefully into muffins tins til half full.
Bake for 15 to 20 mins until skewer inserted in the middle of a muffin comes out clean. Remove the muffins from the pan and cool on a wire rack.
Notes
If you don't have buttermilk, see recipe to make. It's easy
Keyword
healthy, muffins