Healthy Carrot Bran Muffins

A new muffin series is starting soon and we couldn’t be more excited! In the series we’ll be sharing our favorite muffin recipes in each category; savory, kid-friendly, breakfast, special occasion, chocolate, and classic. Muffin Mania is going to make you a master muffin baker and revolutionize the way you see muffins! Muffins aren’t just for desserts my friends, and it’s time they have their moment in the spotlight! Speaking of, these Healthy Carrot Bran Muffins make a splendid grab-and-go breakfast. They’re baked to golden perfection in sticky maple syrup and crushed walnuts, and the perfect start to your day!

Insanely moist, chewy, perfectly sweet (but not too sweet), and flipped upside-down to reveal a sticky maple walnut bottom. These muffins are packed full of flavor, pumpkin seeds, and spiced with cinnamon.

What ingredients do you need for healthy carrot bran muffins?

Believe it or not, these carrot bran muffins are super easy to make ya’ll! For the muffins, you’ll need: coconut sugar, flax seeds, almond milk, molasses, maple, applesauce, oat flour, coconut oil, wheat bran, walnuts, cinnamon, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds, shredded carrots, baking powder, and salt. All pretty basic ingredients but, feel free to swap out the nuts and seeds for your favorite instead!

Help! I don’t have molasses or oat flour.

Well, guys, confession: I almost never have molasses! Truth be told, unless it’s around the holidays or I’m on a gingersnap cookie kick, I never have molasses on deck. No worries! You can simply mix dark brown sugar with water and heat until the sugar crystals have dissolved. Keep on low heat until the mixture thickens and forms a sticky, caramel-like consistency.

Let’s talk about oat flour: Oat flour is a nutritious whole grain flour that is easy to make out of—you guessed it—oats. Oat flour offers a mildly nutty flavor and a tender crumb. Plus, oat flour is gluten-free if you make it with certified gluten-free oats. It’s so simple to make too! You can make it yourself if you have oatmeal and a food processor or good blender. All you do is blend the oats until a fine powder is created. Old fashion oats are the easiest but, any oats will work! For a full tutorial check out how to make oat flour from Cookie and Kate.

Why we love carrot bran muffins:

These muffins are everything you could want in a healthy morning muffin. They are:

• sticky
• chewy
• packed with protein
• full of fiber
• energizing
• slightly sweet

If you are looking for more healthy muffins check out these Maple Oat Muffins too!

How to store muffins:

These carrot bran muffins keep well at room temperature for 3 days or freeze well up to 3 months! Store them in an airtight container to keep them moist as long as possible and prevent them from drying out!

More healthy breakfast recipes:

• Healthy Breakfast Cookies
• Orange Poppyseed Oatmeal Bake
• Ayurvedic Chai Porridge

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