May 27, 2008

Carrot Muffins

I had some carrots which had to be used soon..Deciding to make something different I was on a hunt for recipes..Landed upon muffin recipes..And that is how this carrot muffin came alive..This muffin is loaded with flavorful ingredients like toasted nuts, sweetened coconut and grated carrots. It turned out soft and moist and of course delicious too..I had it with store brought frosting and some with a topping of whipped cream..Here goes my carrot muffin recipe..

                             

Ingredients (18 to 20 muffins)

Grated raw carrot - 2 cups
All purpose flour - 2 cups
Sugar - 11/4 cups
Walnuts/Pecans toasted and coarsely chopped - 1/4 cup
Baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon
Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Eggs - 2
Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
Vegetable oil - 1/4 cup

Directions

                            

Toast the pecans or walnuts for about 8 minutes or until lightly browned and fragrant.Chop them coarsely.Peel and finely grate the carrots.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Place paper liners in 18 muffin cups.
In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon. Stir in the nuts and coconut.
In a separate bowl whisk together the eggs, oil, and vanilla extract.
Fold the wet ingredients, along with the grated carrot, into the flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. Evenly divide the batter between the prepared muffin cups and bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. After about 10 minutes remove the muffins from the pans and cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
 
                               


Sending this Monthly Mingle - Appetizers & hors'Doeuvres hosted by Mansi

Recipe marathon Day 11 menu

Bhags - Chitrannam
Ranji - Fish Cutlet
Raaga - Potato Mushroom Cakes
Lakshmi - White chocolate truffles
Srivalli - Sadda roti
Dhivya - Spinach Cheese swirls
Swati - Arbi and Nutrinuggets in tomato gravy
Arundati - Tosca Cake
Siri - Eggplant rice

Sending this to AWED American hosted by Dhivya

26 comments:

  1. simply delicioso divya!!yummmmm:)..great way to get rid of them..

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  2. Looks perfect Divya...I think my kids will like this

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  3. Hi Divya...
    That was a nice muffins. Carrots cup cakes are my fav. Hava posted it long back. YUM!

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  4. Muffin looks great.I love muffins and yours is so perfect.

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  5. Can I have one????hey these muffins look delicious.

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  6. they looks so good and healthy too.. nice one..

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  7. hi muffin girl! love those carrot muffins, nice idea! As Ranji said, yum yum yum delicioso!

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  8. Looks delicious and perfect ur muffin, another healthy way to eat those carrots

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  9. like a mini carrot cake! they should've been healthy too Divya! you could send these in for my monthly mingle:)

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  10. looks delicious divya - and healthy too!

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  11. yummy delicious carrot muffins divya...looks cute

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  12. Superb idea..i could feel the taste of carrot in those wonderfull looking muffins:)

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  13. today while watching a movie they were talking about carrot cake, and here i see carrot muffins, i think i need to take this as a signal....:)
    muffins look yum

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  14. Hey Divya, great recipe, thanxxxx for sharing this..muffins looks awesome!!!

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  15. i made carrot cake on weekend using condensed milk and now i see muffins here:) now thats one delicious and fluffy looking muffin.

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  16. lvoe it.. u guys keep coming up with cakes n muffins n all i can do is drool over d pics haan

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  17. YUMMY! I love carrot cake, now the muffins, excellent!:)

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  18. I like carrots just in the halwa.. now I have these muffins to try out! looks yummy Divya!

    Siri

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  19. Delicious and that too with carrots. yumm

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  20. i can almost smell those muffins - fabulous and look at those domes :)

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  21. Those are some healthy muffins, I will try these carrot muffins too, thnx for sharing the recipe!

    www.zaiqa.net

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  22. Wow,Lovely Carrot muffins Divya !! Can i try this eggless ??

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  23. those muffins made me hungry...yumm

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