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Reviewed: Oct. 4, 2009
These muffins were delicious, but I did make a heapload of changes to them! No disrespect to Debbie... I used half whole wheat flour and half all purpose; I exchanged half of the oil for applesauce, and replaced the coconut (which I really dislike) with oats. On top, I sprinkled a cinnamon crumb topping, leftover from a pie I had made last week. I know that the crumb topping isn't necessarily healthy at all, but I thought it added a nice sweet touch :) I used my food processor to chop up the apples and carrots: I only had baby carrot, so in case you're wondering - 20 baby carrots roughly equal 2 cups of shredded carrots, and two small granny smith apples were used in place of a large one. These muffins are delicious, and you feel good about yourself when you eat them!
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Reviewed: Oct. 3, 2009
Delicious! Restaurant quality - I am proud to serve these. I decreased the oil to 1/2 cup and added an extra shredded apple. I also added a few minutes to baking time - they weren't quite ready after 20 minutes. Will definitely make again!
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Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2009
This is delicious and filling muffin. I substituted whole wheat flour for the all-purpose, 1 cup brown sugar instead of the white sugar, 4 teaspoons of cinnamon instead of 2, finely diced the carrots and the apple instead of shredding, added 1 mashed banana, added 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, reduced the coconut to 1/4 cup and used 1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup applesauce instead of the full cup. I know that these are a lot of changes, but this is the way I like them best. It is a great recipe to play around with. Maybe next time will try craisins in stead of raisins.
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Reviewed: Sep. 28, 2009
great!
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Reviewed: Sep. 20, 2009
Very good as is but I made substitutions to fit our family. Subs. strawberry applesauce for oil, 1c brownsugar, 1/2c white sugar, 1c unbleached flour, 1c ground oats, lemon extract, apples, coconut, carrot, and vanilla extract, no nuts. Great recipe that can be adjusted to what is in the pantry.
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Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2009
Absolutely delicious! I used Craisins, though. Great recipe to use lots of leftover ingredients. Will definitely make again.
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Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2009
This recipe is perfect just as it is! Delicious -- I think next time I might add more nuts/sunflower seeds/whatever -- fool proof recipe! Thanks for this. :)
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Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2009
replace oil with equal amount applesauce, added a little nutmeg, and topped with wheat germ before baking.
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Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2009
excellent recipe! i made a couple changes to make it healthier (applesauce instead of vegetable oil, 1/2 kamut1/2 white flour instead of all white flour, brown sugar instead of white) but none of those really make taste differences - so i love this recipe!!
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Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2009
Fantastic! I altered the recipe as follows: I used 1 c. carrot and 1 c. grated Golden Beet. 1/4 c. oil + 3/4 c. applesauce. Sliced almonds instead of walnuts, because that's what I had on hand. I cut the sugar down to 1 c. and used sweetened coconut (that's all I had). Lastly, I used 1/2 raisins and 1/2 dried cranberries. The reason I used beet in it, is because I have an excessive amount of beets at the moment, and my daughter thought the golden beet tasted like carrots and apples mixed together. I am so surprised, but these came out fabulous! They taste almost exactly like some muffins I got at a local bakery that changed hands and doesn't make them anymore! I'm so pleased, I just had to share. I looked for a beet "bread" recipe and couldn't find one, but now that I know it works to replace carrot with beet, I'll be doing that. They're so good for you! :) (Can you tell I'm happy? Or a nerd? LOL )
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Reviewed: Sep. 13, 2009
Yummers! I diced the apple instead of shredding it for a chunkier affect. Perfect recipe for fall. Next time I will make into loaves to give as gifts. I had to bake about 5 extra minutes but they cam out perfect. Thanks!
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Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2009
These muffins were fantastic! Because I have a juicer and hate being wasteful and throwing out the pulp, I'm always looking for recipes where I can 'use' the pulp. Here are the adjustments I made to this recipe: I substituted whole wheat flour for the white flour; because I used carrot pulp instead of grated carrots (from my juicer)I added an extra grated apple, 2t carrot juice, and 2t pomegranate juice to add some moisture back in; I also pecans intead of walnuts; I added 1t ginger; I used craisins instead of raisins, and I also cut the oil to only 1/4c. They were perfectly moist and delicious! Actually yielded 12 regular size muffins and 12 mini-muffins.
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Reviewed: Sep. 5, 2009
These muffins were much better than I was expecting. They were moist, tender, and very tasty. I made a few small changes. I used half whole wheat, half white flour, replaced most of the oil with applesauce, and used 1 1/2 cups of finely shredded carrots and 2 shredded apples. I also squeezed the juice out of the shredded apples and carrots using a cheesecloth so the batter wouldn't get runny. Perhaps my muffin cups are small, but I got 21 muffins out of this batter, not 12, but I'm not complaining. They should freeze well.
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Reviewed: Sep. 3, 2009
Very healthy and delicious! I didn't have any carrots on hand but had some shredded zucchini in the freezer, so I used that, and I didn't have any coconut so I used an extra apple. This made more the batter wetter than it likely would have otherwise been, so I used 1/2 c. unsweetened apple sauce in place of the 1 c. oil. So, other than the egg yolks, I had some fat free muffins! I also replaced 1/2 the flour with whole wheat, which gave them a nice flavor. They were a big hit!
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Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2009
These muffins were really tasty. I especially liked the fact the tops got crispy and the centers were very light and fluffy. I did indeed reduced the oil to 2/3 cup, which worked great. The only change I will make the next time is to add some crushed, drained pineapple, they seemed to lack something and I think that may get it. Also,(all the health nuts stop reading here), I added a pat of fresh butter on top of mine! YUMMY!
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Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2009
These are great! As other reviewers have done, I substituted whole wheat flour for white flour and applesauce for oil. I used two Granny Smith apples (since they are small), used my mini food processor for dicing up the peeled/sliced/cored apples and carrots (saved a LOT of time over chopping, like I did the first time I made these), and ended up with 18 muffins. I freeze half of them and eat about two every morning for breakfast until I run out, then I unfreeze them and go through the rest. I was leery of the whole wheat flour but you really can't taste it -- they turn out great and I will always make them this way! Oh, and I also didn't have any walnuts (or nuts of any kind) so I left them out.
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Reviewed: Aug. 15, 2009
morning glory muffins are my absolute favorite, but i haven't had them in years b/c they don't have them in stores and restaraunts around here. this is my first attempt at making them. i'm not sure how the recipe is as written, but here are the modifications i made and they turned out great: 1.5 cups whole wheat pastry flour/.5 cups all purpose, 1 cup brown sugar instead of white, no salt, no coconut (though i would def add it if i had some), 1 cup solid pack pumpkin instead of oil, no cinnamon (forgot), extra .5 cup carrots, about 1 cup each raisins and finely chopped walnuts. i think that's it, and they are much healthier than the original version, but still really dense and moist. i think pumpkin works better than applesauce when replacing oil (as long as it works with the flavor of the recipe), though applesauce is a better replacement for butter, imo. also, i got 24 muffins, batter filled to the top, from this recipe. a big thanks to debbie for the recipe, nearer to the holidays, i will make as written but i never use full-fat, white flour recipes any other time of year:)
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Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2009
Delicious! I used half oil and half applesauce, no coconut (I don't like it),half brown sugar and half white, added a small can of crushed pineapple, combination of raisins and dried cranberries. I only used 2 eggs because that was all I had. I made this in a loaf pan so it was Morning Glory Bread instead of muffins. Needed to bake for almost an hour in the loaf pan. YUMMY!! Debbie, thank you for posting this recipe.
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Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2009
These muffins are awesome!! My favorite muffin recipe ever! I just love the combination of carrot, apple, coconut, walnuts, and raisins..the flavors complement each other perfectly! I only made a few modifications to this recipe-- I used 3/4 cup of sugar (I don't like my muffins too sweet), substituted 1/2 of the oil for home-made applesauce, used extra light olive oil instead of vegetable oil, and substituted 1/2 of the flour for whole-wheat. I think next time I will use even less sugar (1/2 cup) and maybe more whole-wheat flour.
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Reviewed: Jul. 29, 2009
These muffins were absolutely perfect. I replaced one cup of oil with 1/4 cup of oil and 3/4 of apple sauce. The apple was fairly small so I used 1 and 1/2 apples. It turned out to be a bit more than 12 muffins.
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