Carrot Cake Oat Muffins

Carrot cake oat muffins! I am a bit of a sucker for muffins. I will admit that sometimes I am not the biggest fan of overly sweet foods. To me fruit or pie sounds much better than cake and icecream. I don’t like candy, I DO like dark chocolate, and black coffee. But all that said I do LOVE muffins. Maybe it is because muffins are cupcakes less sweet cousin. Whatever the case I love them, and this recipe is one of my favorites by far!

I make these carrot cake oat muffins almost every Easter Morning while Jennika is busy stuffing plastic eggs with treats and the boys are still sleeping their little heads! They make the house smell delicious! This year I decided it was time to switch them up and make a vegan version! What a simple change it was! Just swapped out the butter for coconut oil! The vegan recipe can be found right below the regular recipe at the bottom of the page! Happy Easter and enjoy!

Carrot Cake Oat Muffins, so I don’t want to lie and say these are somehow health muffins… But I DO think there is enough healthy things packed into them to give you a clean concious! Shredded carrots, applesauce, oats, raisins… Okay so if you WANT to call them healthy just do it! Either way they are fun and easy to bake and taste delicious.

I like a nice spicy kick to my carrot cake. To achieve this I add ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Ginger is the real winner in that group, sometimes I have been known to dash a little extra in…

Toppings!

One of the best things about this recipe is you can add in additional ingredients in the batter or to top them off. If you want to go all out, add a cream cheese frosting to the top. Five Heart Home has an amazing easy to make cream cheese frosting you should definitely check out! Another great addition would be chopped walnuts inside, or sprinkled over the frosting. I have also added in chopped pineapple inside along with the raisins. Delicious!

More Muffins!

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• Orange Spice Muffins
• Cranberry Orange Muffins
• Orange Pecan Yogurt Muffins

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5 from 10 votes

Carrot Cake Oat Muffins

Want cake for breakfast without the guilt? Try these tasty carrot cake oat muffins!

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time26 minutes mins

Total Time41 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast, brunch, muffins, Snack

Cuisine: baking, muffins

Keyword: baking, breakfast, brunch, carrot cake, muffins

Servings: 12 muffins

Author: Craft of Cooking

Ingredients

• 2 cups Flour
• 1/2 cup Rolled Oats
• 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 6 tbsp softened butter
• 2 cups Shredded Carrots Finely Shredded
• 1/2 cup Raisins
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts optional

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix together in large mixing bowl: applesauce, vanilla, and butter.
• In medium mixing bowl combine flour, oats, spices, salt, baking powder, and sugar.
• Mix dry ingredients into the wet 1 cup at a time until all combined. Stir in Carrots and raisins.
• Grease or place parchment baking cups into tins. Fill each tin to the top with batter.
• Bake for 24-28 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow to cool and enjoy. Optionally top with cream cheese frosting once cooled!

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5 from 10 votes

Carrot Cake Oat Muffins Vegan

Vegan take on these delicious and moist carrot cake oat muffins!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time25 minutes mins

Total Time35 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: muffins

Keyword: carrot cake, Carrot Cake Oat Muffins, vegan

Servings: 12 Muffins

Author: Kevin

Ingredients

• 2 cups Flour
• 1/2 cup Rolled Oats
• 1/2 tsp Ground Nutmeg
• 3 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1/4 tsp cloves
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 6 tbsp softened coconut oil
• 2 cups Shredded Carrots Finely Shredded
• 1/2 cup Raisins
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts optional

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix together in large mixing bowl: applesauce, vanilla, and coconut oil.
• In medium mixing bowl combine flour, oats, spices, salt, baking powder, and sugar.
• Mix dry ingredients into the wet 1 cup at a time until all combined. Stir in Carrots and raisins.
• Grease or place parchment baking cups into tins. Fill each tin to the top with batter.
• Bake for 24-28 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Allow to cool and enjoy