Carrot-Apple Muffins

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cups old-fashioned oats
• 0.25 cups brown sugar
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons baking soda
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 0.25 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 cup low-fat vanilla Greek yogurt
• 0.33 cups buttermilk
• 0.25 cups vegetable oil
• 1 large egg , lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.75 cups peeled and grated apple
• 0.75 cups peeled and grated carrots
• 0.33 cups chopped walnuts , lightly toasted

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.

2. 2

   Stir together flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg together in a large bowl. Whisk together yogurt, buttermilk, oil, egg, and vanilla extract in a second bowl. Fold flour mixture into yogurt mixture, mixing just until combined and flour disappears. Stir together apple, carrot, and walnuts in a separate bowl; gently fold into the batter. Divide batter evenly among the muffin cups.

3. 3

   Bake muffins in the preheated oven until golden brown or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 17 to 19 minutes.

4. 4

   Cool muffins in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.