Carrot Spice Muffins

Name: Carrot Spice Muffins
Yield: Makes 12 muffins
Ingredients: 2 cups (500 ml) old-fashioned rolled oats; ¼ cup (60 ml) ground flaxseeds; 2 teaspoons (10 ml) ground cinnamon; 1½ teaspoons (7 ml) baking powder; ½ teaspoon (2 ml) baking soda; ½ teaspoon (2 ml) salt; ½ teaspoon (2 ml) ground ginger; ¼ teaspoon (1 ml) ground cloves; ¼ teaspoon (1 ml) ground nutmeg; ¼ cup (60 ml) hemp seeds; 1½ cups (375 ml) fortified unsweetened soy milk or other nondairy milk; 3 medium or 2 large carrots, chopped; 1 apple, diced; ½ cup (125 ml) pitted soft dates; 1 tablespoon (15 ml) apple cider vinegar; 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract; ½ cup (125 ml) coarsely chopped walnuts; ⅓ cup (85 ml) raisins

Preparation info

Makes
12
muffins

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Kick Diabetes Cookbook

By Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina

Published 2018

About

These tender muffins are mildly sweet and packed with great nutrition. Because the batter is prepared in a blender, it’s quick and easy to make. Serve the muffins fresh from the oven or at room temperature, plain or with a little nut or seed butter.

Ingredients

2 cups (500 ml) old-fashioned rolled oats
¼ cup (60

Vegan
Breakfast

Method

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Oil a standard twelve-cup muffin pan or mist it with cooking spray. Alternatively, use a silicone muffin pan.

Put the oats, flaxseeds, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg in a blender and proc