Morning Glorious Muffins
Full of a wonderful variety of fruit, topped with a toasted pecan crumble, you’ll want to make these delicious and healthy muffins often!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 12large muffins | 20minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 35minutes |
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Ingredients
- 1cup all purpose flourunbleached
- 1/2cup spelt flour
- 2teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2teaspoon allspice
- 1teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2teaspoon salt
- 2 flax “eggs”Combine 2 Tablespoons of ground flax seed with 6 Tablespoons of water and let sit for a moments.
- 3/4cup applesauce
- 1/2cup brown sugar
- 1/3cup vegetable oil
- 1teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2teaspoon finely grated orange rind
- 1large crisp appleshredded
- 1/2cup dried cranberries or “craisins”chopped
- 1/2cup shredded carrot
- 1/2cup shredded coconut
- 1/2cup pineapple tidbitsDrain and squeeze out excess juice before measuring.
Pecan Crumble Topping
- 1/4cup oatmeal
- 1/4cup flour
- 1/4cup brown sugar
- 2Tablespoons vegan butterI used Earth Balance.
- 1/2teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3cup pecanschopped
- 1/4teaspoon finely grated orange rind
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 12 muffin cups.
- Make two flax “eggs” and set aside.
- Combine all topping ingredients and mix together to make crumbs. Set aside.
- In your mixing bowl, combine the flours, spices, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Combine the flax “eggs”, applesauce, oil, orange rind, and vanilla. Mix this together with the dry ingredients, just until combined.
- Stir in the shredded apple, craisins, carrot, coconut and pineapple. Do not overmix.
- Divide the batter between the 12 muffin cups. Sprinkle each with the pecan crumble topping, dividing evenly over the 12 muffins. (You can leave this off, but it is a delicious addition.)
- Bake for about 30-35 minutes. Let sit in the pan for a few minutes to set and then let cool on a rack. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
These are great warm from the oven but they toast up wonderfully for the next couple of days! I think these would be a good gluten-free muffin, as it has so many other tasty ingredients. Just substitute gluten-free all-purpose flour combined with 1/2 teaspoon of xanthan gum.
