A rich, moist carrot oatmeal muffin packed with whole wheat flour, raisins, pineapple, coconut, and a cream cheese surprise baked right in the center. Great for breakfast and kids love them. I vary the recipe depending on what I have on hand and it always works out great. Hope you enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 0.25 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 0.75 cups white sugar
- 0.75 cups brown sugar
- 1 cup canola oil
- 3 eggs , beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 0.5 cups uncooked rolled oats
- 0.5 cups flaked coconut
- 0.5 cups raisins
- 2 cups shredded carrots
- 1 , 8 ounce
- 0.25 cups softened cream cheese
Instructions
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1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease muffin tins.
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In a large bowl, mix all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Make a well in the center of the mixture and add white sugar, brown sugar, canola oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix until just combined. Fold in oats, coconut, raisins, carrots, and pineapple.
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3
In a bowl, blend reserved pineapple juice and cream cheese. Fill each muffin cup about 1/2 full with muffin batter, reserving about 1/3 of the batter. Spoon approximately 1 teaspoon of cream cheese mixture into the muffin cups. Top with remaining batter so that each muffin cup is about 2/3 full.
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Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts
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