MORNING GLORY MUFFINS

These muffins are a hit! I have no idea why they're called "morning glory muffins" except that they would be a great breakfast treat. I made them this afternoon and there may not be any left by breakfast! The ingredients remind me of a cross between a hummingbird cake and a carrot cake in muffin form. 
The original recipe is from Ina Garten/Food Network, I altered it to make part of the flour whole wheat and used craisins instead of raisins. 
The batter is colorful and yummy looking even before baking - see the photos at the end of the post. 
It goes together easily and quickly. The grating of carrots and apple is the most time consuming. I took advantage of the food processor instead of a box grater and grated them the night before when I was also grating carrots for another recipe. 

MORNING GLORY MUFFINS                            

Ingredients: 

1 cup vegetable oil, plus extra for the pan

3 extra-large eggs

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

2 cups grated carrots

1 Granny Smith apple, grated

1 (8-oz) can crushed pineapple, drained

½ cup pecans, roughly chopped

½ cup sweetened shredded coconut

½ cup craisins or raisins

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour

1 ¼ cup sugar

1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon kosher salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and arrange two racks evenly spaced in the oven. Line two muffin pans with paper muffin cups. 

In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil, and vanilla. Add the carrots, apple, pineapple, pecans, coconut, and raisins and stir together.

In a medium bowl, sift together the flours, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir just until combined. Scoop the batter with a standard (2 ¼ -inch) ice cream scoop into the prepared muffin cups. 

Bake for 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Place the pans on a baking rack to cool and serve the muffins warm or at room temperature. 

 

The batter before the dry ingredients - it is
very colorful! 

Gently mix the dry ingredients in just enough to
completely moisten and mix all the ingredients.