morning glory muffins

[cimorene]

these are another favourite i was introduced to in my amherst college days.  i made them again just now and they turned out highly successful.  i think "morning glory" is a pun on the colour/the absolute gloriousness:  they're made with carrot, apple, raisins, nuts, and coconut.  it tastes to me a lot like charoset in a delicious, moist cakey form.  i think i've already eaten six of them (oops).


morning glory muffins

4,8 dL flour                                        (2 cups)
3 dL white sugar                                (1 1/4 cups)
2 t baking soda
2 t cinnamon
dash of nutmeg
dash of cloves
1/4 t salt
2 Tablespoons vanilla sugar                (2 t vanilla extract)

4,8 dL grated carrots                          (2 cups)
1 1/4 dL raisins                                    (1/2 cup) 
1 1/4 dL finely-chopped nuts              (1/2 cup)
1 1/4 dL coconut flakes                      (1/2 cup)
1 apple: peeled, cored and shredded
3 eggs
2,4 dL oil                                            (1 cup)

preheat oven to 175 C (350 F).  mix the dry ingredients well.  add carrots, raisins, nuts, coconut and apple and mix.  in a separate bowl, beat the eggs and oil.  fold into the carrot mixture just enough to moisten. bake 13-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Comments

[schonste.livejournal.com]

Haha, going to college at MHC has also introduced me to morning glory muffins. None of my friends (myself included) like them though. XD Probably the carrot.

[emmuzka.livejournal.com]

Sounds lovely :) You sure don't bake anything half assed. In my baking days, I was always like "uh, I got eggs, and sugar.. do I have flour? okay, what else?" Admittedly, I had a longer trip to the store and I thought that the "special" ingredients were expensive.

You wouldn't happen to have a good banana bread recipe? It's a really foreign concept in Finland and I would like to try it out sometimes

[anglepoiselamp.livejournal.com]

Heh. I am stupid. I was looking at the recipe and going, "Oh yum. I wonder if I could make this without raisins and coconut and apple and cinnamon..." and then I realized I might as well make very bland ordinary muffins then. Curses! Life would be so much more fun if I liked all sorts of baking ingredients.