Recipe Box: Morning Glory Muffins

I like to think that Morning Glory Muffins originated on Nantucket, at least that’s where I first had them. My husband’s grandmother had the recipe in her recipe box and I fell in love with them from the first moment I tried them.

My original recipe had a lot of oil. This recipe is as adaptation of one from the King Arthur website. It’s a delicious whole-grain muffin full of fruits and vegetables. They are moist and just sweet enough. They are great for traveling and don’t need any enhancement of butter or jam. They also freeze well. I made them for the house full of company we had over Labor Day weekend and they were gone by the end of the weekend!

Morning Glory Muffins

½ cup raisins
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup brown sugar
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp salt
2 cups peeled and grated carrots
1 large tart apple, cored and grated, I left the skin on.
½ cup shredded coconut (sweetened or unsweetened)
½ cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup sunflower seeds
3 large eggs
2/3 cups coconut oil
2 tsp homemade vanilla extract
¼ cup orange juice

Preheat the oven to 375. Lightly grease a 12 cup muffin tin. In a small bowl, cover the raisins with hot water and set them aside to soak while you assemble the recipe. In a larger bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda and spices and salt. Stir in the carrots, apple, coconut, nuts and sunflower seeds. In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, oil, vanilla and orange juice. Add to the flour mixture and stir until evenly moistened. Drain the raisins and stir them in. Divide the batter among the muffin tins, they will be full almost to the top, which is ok.

I found the recipe made more than a dozen, I ended up with 20 muffins.  Bake the muffins for 25-28 minutes, until they are nicely domed. Let cool for 5 minutes in their pan on a rack. Then turn out of the pans to finish cooling.

Store in an airtight container. they will stay fresh for several days or you may freeze them for longer storage. Enjoy, they are absolutely delicious!

 

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