Spiced Carrot Muffins with Orange Glaze
 
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • ½ cup apple sauce
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups grated carrots
  • 1 apple, peeled, cored and grated
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
  • 2½ cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
For the glaze
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • splash of orange juice
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with 12 paper liners. *See notes
  2. In a large bowl combine the apple sauce, oil, eggs and vanilla.
  3. Stir in the carrots, raisins and coconut.
  4. Add the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt until fully combined.
  5. Divide evenly into the cupcake pan and bake for 30-35 minutes.
  6. Once the muffins are cooled combine the powdered sugar and orange juice to create a glaze. You can make it thicker with more sugar or thin it out with more juice.
Notes
I am always left with about 3-4 muffins worth of batter so I use a disposable foil loaf pan and make a mini loaf as well. Same baking time as the muffins.
Recipe by Friday is Cake Night at https://www.fridaycakenight.com/2016/01/spiced-carrot-muffins/