Parsnip And Apple Muffins
From AuntM 12 years agoIngredients
- 3 parsnips, peeled and grated (about 2 cups) shopping list
- 1 large apple, peeled, cored and grated shopping list
- 2 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 cup golden brown sugar shopping list
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon shopping list
- 1/2 cup golden raisins shopping list
- 1 cup toasted, coarsely chopped pecans shopping list
- 2 large eggs shopping list
- 3/4 cup safflower or sunflower oil shopping list
- 1/2 cup milk or non-dairy substitute shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place rack in center of oven. Line 18 muffin cups with paper cupcake liners and set aside.
- Toast 1 cup pecans about 10 minutes or until lightly browned and fragrant. Let cool and then chop coarsely.
- Peel and grate the parsnips and apple. Combine in a large bowl and set aside.
- In a second large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon. Stir in pecans and raisins. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl whisk together eggs, oil, milk and vanilla extract.
- Fold egg mixture and parsnip mixture into flour mixture, stirring just until moistened and combined. Divide batter among the muffin cups.
- Bake until deep golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool muffins on a wire rack.
- Per Serving:Serving size: 1 Muffin,
- 260 calories (140 from fat), 15g total fat, 1.5g saturated fat, 25mg cholesterol, 160mg sodium, 30g carbohydrate (2g dietary fiber, 15g sugar), 3g protein
- [To reduce the fat content per muffin, you could replace the nuts with more raisins or chopped dates or other dried fruit.]
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