Carrot and walnut muffins

Give the littlies a serve of vegetables in disguise with these wholesome sweet muffins reminiscent of a traditional carrot cake. What kid wouldn’t love to find one in their lunch box?

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs

  • ⅔ cup vegetable oil

  • ⅓ cup apple juice

  • ¾ cup caster sugar

  • 1 cup grated carrot

  • 1 apple

    peeled and grated

  • ⅓ cup walnuts

    optional

  • ⅓ cup sultanas

  • 1 cup plain flour

  • 1 tsp bicarb soda

  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Equipment

  • 1 muffin tray
  • 1 cupcake papers
  • 1 large bowl

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Line a 12-cup regular muffin tray with cupcake papers.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, oil and apple juice with sugar. Stir through carrot, apple, walnuts and sultanas. Fold through flour, bicarb soda and cinnamon.
  3. Spoon into prepared muffin tray. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown.

Notes

Tip
Fill each muffin case to the top with batter as they don’t rise very much.
Tip
These tasty treats freeze well – just pop them straight from the freezer into lunch boxes and they’ll defrost by lunchtime.
Tip
Omit the nuts if your kids' school has a nut-free policy.

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