Pauline Cox’s carrot and apple muffins

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These fruity bakes are about as healthy as sweet treats get.

Pauline Cox’s carrot and apple muffins

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Ingredients

  • 90g coconut oil, melted, plus extra for greasing

  • 5 eggs

  • 375g ground almonds

  • 150g sultanas

  • 90g walnuts or pecans, roughly chopped, plus a few extra to serve

  • 3tsp baking powder

  • 3tsp ground cinnamon

  • 1tsp salt

  • 375g carrots, grated

  • 375g apples, grated (green apples for a lower carb content)

  • Zest and juice of 1 unwaxed lemon

  • Coconut or natural yoghurt, to serve

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 170°C fan and grease a 12-hole muffin tin.

  2. In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs and combine with the melted coconut oil.

  3. Add the ground almonds, sultanas, walnuts or pecans, baking powder, cinnamon and salt to the liquid egg mix, along with the grated carrots and apples and mix together to form a thick batter. Add in a quarter of the lemon juice (use the rest in drinking water) and half of the lemon zest.

  4. Spoon the thick mixture into your greased muffin tray. Bake for 22-25 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.

  5. Serve with a dollop of coconut or natural yoghurt, a pecan or a walnut and sprinkle with the remaining lemon zest.

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