Healthy Vegan Carrot Apple Muffins No Oil

With no oil and natural plant based sweetness from fruit these vegan carrot apple muffins are the perfect breakfast bite.

This recipe came into existence after searching the internet left me a little exasperated. I had some carrots I needed to use up so thought carrot muffins would be great. I don’t eat milk or dairy so they had to be vegan. I also didn’t want to use oil, not too big of a request to ask for right? Mostly every vegan oil free muffin recipe I found was also gluten free. While I am not against gluten free I just had regular old whole wheat flour so the search continued. After more searching including a few searches for muffins with no refined sugar (I have been loving using dates as a whole food sweetener these days); I decided to give it my best shot with no recipe and the results were exactly what I wanted in my muffins.

I really love this recipe because it uses whole food, plant based ingredients. No oils or refined sugars. Apples help to keep it moist; date paste and raisins give the muffins the right amount of sweetness. They are easily vegan as no added oils means no butter and almond milk works great in place of cows milk. Also let’s not forget ground flaxseed to help as a binder in place of egg, flax also has great health benefits so I try to eat it everyday. 

So I mentioned date pasted is used as the sweetner. Using dates instead of refined sugar gives you a carmely sweetness with added fiber and vitamins that regular sugar doesn’t. Making date paste is easier than you might think. You can use date paste in baking, in your morning oatmeal, in smoothies, in your coffee, in dressings, in pretty much anything sugar would be used for. Check out this video on how to make date paste from one of my favorite whole food plant based youtubers. 

This whole vegan carrot apple muffin recipe started with carrots. There is just something about sneaking in some veggies in a baked good I just love. These muffins remind me of a less sweet carrot cake with bites of raisin, walnuts and lots of cinnamon goodness. 

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Healthy Vegan Carrot Apple Muffins without oil

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Vegan

Keyword oil free, refined sugar free

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Servings 12

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
• 2 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 6 medjool dates pitted
• 1 1/4 cup almond milk unsweetened
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups carrot grated
• 2/3 cup apple grated
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup walnuts chopped

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 375° F

2. In a bowl mix flaxseed with 6 tablespoons of water. Set aside.

3. In another bowl mix all dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg.

4. Use a high speed blender to make date paste, blend 6 pitted dates with 1/4 cup of water until smooth. Add to bowl with flaxseed.

5. In same bowl add almond milk, vanilla, apple cider vinegar, grated carrot and grated apple. Mix until well combined.

6. Add wet mixture to bowl with dry ingredients. Mix until combined, do not over mix.

7. Fold in walnuts and raisins.

8. Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners and fill with muffin batter.

9. Bake 18-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

10. Let cool and enjoy!

If you enjoyed this recipe try:
Chocolate Zucchini Oatmeal
Snickerdoodle Chickpea Blondies
Cherry Pie Larabars

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Stay Happy & Healthy !
– Emily