Carrot Spice Muffins

This is another Recipezaar recipe, #98447, cut down and otherwise adapted for my purposes.

Sometimes I serve them as a vegetable.

Makes 12 muffins.

Ingredients

• ¾ c. whole wheat flour
• ¼ c. white flour
• ⅔ tsp baking soda
• ⅔ tsp baking powder
• ⅓ tsp salt (optional)
• ⅓ tsp cinnamon
• ¼ tsp nutmeg
• ¼ tsp ground clove
• ⅛ tsp ground ginger
• ⅛ tsp allspice
• 3 ½ T. honey or brown sugar
• ⅔ egg
• ⅓ c. buttermilk, yogurt, or soy milk with lemon juice
• 3 ½ T. oil, melted butter, or applesauce
• ⅓ tsp vanilla
• 1 c. grated carrot
• ⅓ c. raisins
• ⅓ c. chopped nuts or coconut

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. Mix flour, leavening, and spices.
3. Separately, mix remaining ingredients.
4. Stir the mixtures together until just moistened.
5. Bake about 15 minutes, or to the toothpick test.

Variants

The original was entirely whole wheat flour, and made 18 muffins (thus the thirds of so many ingredients).