Thursday, May 3, 2012

Morning Glory Muffins

Yeah. So ummmm... Morning Glory Muffins.

Have you heard of these things? Because I saw them on pinterest and when I googled them to investigate a little further it turns out that everyone AND their grandmothers have been making these muffins since the dawn of time. How have I never heard of them? I like muffins! I want to eat muffins! Why am I not in the MORNING GLORY FREAKIN' MUFFIN LOOP? WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND HERE? I guess I'm a gonna have to find my own way around from now on. I feel so ALOOONE! That's okay. I don't need anything! Except this! All I need is this ashtray. And this paddle game. And this remote control... That's all I need! Not one other thing! Not one...I need this!

And I need these these carrots. And this apple. And this crushed pineapple. And this coconut. And these walnuts.

Anyway. Morning Glory Muffins. I made them. I loved them. I changed the recipe a bit to make them a little more healthful. I STILL loved them. And there you go.



Morning Glory Muffins

Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/4 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shredded, sweetened coconut
1 large apple, cored and chopped (peel it or not, who cares?)
1 cup (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
2 cups grated carrots
1 cup chopped walnuts (or pecans)
3 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

A note about the ingredients:
If you don't like something, leave it out. They'll still be really good! Unless you don't like flour. Or eggs. You kind of need those things. Or baking soda. Or...
You get the point. Most of the Morning Glory recipes I found had raisins. I don't like raisins. Mine don't have raisins because I like to boss my muffins around.
Maybe this is why no one ever told me about Morning Glory muffins. Because I'd start messing with stuff. 
Oh, and I ran out of vanilla last time I made these, so I subbed in rum extract instead. Delicious. 
Hand grating carrots takes FOREVER. So if you decide take the trouble to bring out your food processor with the grater attachment to speed up the grating, you might as well use it to grate the apples, too. No one will know!

Make It:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin pans with paper liners and set aside.

In a large bowl, stir together all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt.

Stir in coconut, apple, pineapple, carrots, and walnuts. 

In a small bowl whisk together eggs, oil, applesauce, and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients and mix well.

Spoon batter into muffin tins. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into middle comes out clean.

Makes 18 muffins.


Seriously. How cute are those cupcake liners? I KNOW! I got them at Michael's. For cheap. 

Ooh! Do you want to see the inside? See that huge walnut piece? Fantastic!


Might as well do it the right way. 
With butter.
OH TO THE YUM.


Enjoy!


7 comments:

Becky Dunham said...

Yummy! I am so glad you shared this recipe Darcy because I have never heard of these either - I guess we can be out of the muffin loop together :) I can't wait to try these! And then we can pretend we were never out of the loop!

Ruth said...

These sound delicious, but I shouldn't eat them... I would make them for my kids but they won't eat them... (they are at that stage..). If I were to make them I would probably take the pineapple out and return the raisins! Viva la Raisins!
Thanks for giving me something to fantasize about :-)

SwedishCorner ~ DownUnder...Pernilla said...

They look amazing! Yum :)
Greetings from Australia♥
~Pernilla

Lisa @ Turning Tables said...

Mmmmmm!! I need to come over and watch you in action. I am in awe of how easily you just whip stuff up! :) You rule! and it sounds like those muffins do too xo

Ali Richardson said...

Mmmmmm. Hoping these will be making an appearance at Camp Miller ;)

Unknown said...

You're not alone!! What in the world, I've never heard of these either but I want one right now! Pinning!

Nicky @ Pink Recipe Box said...

These sound so great and healthy! I've been searching for a nutritious breakfast muffin recipe - I think I've found the best one out there!

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