Carrot Cake Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons applesauce , or more as needed
• 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.67 cups white sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.5 teaspoons salt
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter , melted and cooled

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.

2. 2

   Beat milk, eggs, applesauce, and vanilla extract together in a bowl. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in another bowl. Stir carrots into flour mixture; fold in milk mixture and butter until batter is just combined. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.

3. 3

   Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.