Carrot Muffins

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This is the easiest recipe for delicious carrot muffins.

Three reasons you should definitely try this recipe:

  • You don’t need to grate the carrot - big plus😊
  • It is suitable for those who don’t eat dairy as it has no milk, no yogurt and no butter
  • You don’t need a mixer

The secret ingredient is the Sweet Carrot. This is a ready to use jar and it has everything you need to prepare the most delicious carrot muffins in less than 1 hour.

 

Ingredients:

150 g sunflower (or olive) oil

 1 jar of sweet carrot without the syrup

 250 g all-purpose flour

 100 g walnuts broken into smaller pieces

 4 eggs (in room temperature)

1.5 teaspoon baking powder

 1.5-2 tbsp syrup

 100 g raisins (optional)

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Step by step:

  1. Whisk the eggs well in a bowl. Add slowly the sunflower (or olive) oil and the syrup and mix well.
  2. Add the baking powder, the walnuts, the carrot and the raisins (if you add any) and mix.
  3. Finally, add the flour slowly, mixing well until a dough forms.
  4. Pour the mixture in small silicon cups.
  5. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a knife emerges clean after being inserted inside in preheated oven at 180°C.

The sweet carrot contains spices but you can add more cinnamon or nutmeg.

Decorate with grated carrot and walnuts.

Enjoy!

Tip: The remaining syrup can be used as a sweetener in yogurt, ice cream or fruit salads.