A wonderful recipe for carrot bran muffins that are low in fat, yet have a delicious buttery taste. The moist (but fluffy) texture and the yummy cinnamon flavor make this one of my favorite muffin recipes ever!
Carrot Bran Muffins recipe – 161 calories
Ingredients:
1 cup carrots, grated
2/3 cup raisins
1 1/2 cups all-bran cereal
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons margarine, melted
1 3/4 cups skim milk, with
2 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons unsweetened applesauce
1 orange, rind of, grated
Preparation:
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the cereal, flour, cinnamon, sugar, baking soda and baking powder.
3. In a large bowl, combine the carrots, raisins, milk, egg, applesauce, margarine and orange rind.
4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
5. Spoon the mixture into 12 lightly greased muffin tins (do not use paper muffin liners).
6. Bake for about 20 minutes (or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean, or when the tops are firm to the touch).
Servings: 12 muffins
Nutritional information for one serving:
Calories: 161
Calories from fat: 28
Total fat: 3.1g
Cholesterol: 18mg
Sodium: 213mg
Total carbs: 32.6g
Dietary fiber: 4.9g
Protein: 5.4g
WW points: 3
Photo credit: imallergic
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Lilysgramma
These look yummy! I hope you don’t mind but I put you in my “favorite Blogs” links on my blogsite. 🙂
thanks!
Charis
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Bag Lady Auctions
I’m going to make these muffins. Thanks for the recipe. I’m so glad you included the WW points. Adding you to my favorites.
Michael Aulia
Yummy! Too bad I much prefer Dark chocolate raspberry muffin lol carrot sounds too healhty for me 😀
Ali
Just made these. They are good…but not sweet enough for me…next time I think I might add some choc chips or maybe carob chips to the mix to give it some added sweetness.
weightgo
Thanks for the recipe
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Jinny
Thanks for sharing the recipe I am learning how to bake and this site is definitely on my book mark
Cooking School
Carrot bran Muffins are very good for health, it has low fat content , making it a good Healthy Weight loss Diet. Thanks for this wonderful recipe to make sweet soft and delicious Carrot Muffins.
Boby
Ser riggitt godt ud, og skal prøves!!Kan man undlade hørfrø og runde op med de andre kerner??