Healthy Carrot Spice Muffins

[GenesisDiet]

Mmmm. This is a keeper!

[Sariea]

i just made these for my mother because she started Weight Watchers and she loves carrot cake. i used a combination of AP flour, whole wheat flour and whole wheat pastry flour, apple sauce instead of oil, about 1 1/2 cups carrot and no nuts. also, we didn't have any allspice, which is probably why the muffins aren't very spicy (to me anyway, i like very cinnamon/nutmegy things). i probably should've added more cinnamon and nutmeg, oh well. i'm sure she will enjoy them when she comes home from work! 

[baypuppy]

what can i say? i love these muffins. i like how they have less sugar than other muffins but still taste really good! i decrease all the spices except the cinnamon to a pinch. yumm.

[Mallamun]

Mmmmmm!  I cut out about 1/4 cup of flour for the recipe and added 1/2 a cup of oats instead.  These were so YUMMY!  The texture was amazing.  Usually, things made with shredded carrot as a primary ingredient hold together a little weirdly, but this was JUST right: not too hard, not too dry, yet not too wet or mushy.  Five stars!

[feelinsoreal]

Haven't eaten any yet but they look great, and I'm sure they'll taste the same. I subbed raisins for the chopped nuts and used melted Smart Balance for the oil. I'm hoping that these taste like the carrot-raisin muffins that we sold at a coffee shop I worked at, because I was obsessed with those. These will be great at breakfast time!

[veggeroni]

Very yummy! I used 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour and 1/2 cup oats. I also subbed applesauce for the oil/egg and added some raisins. I used walnuts for the nuts. Simple, healthy, delicious!

[Lauuren]

Wonderful recipe!  I brought these to an omnivorous potluck brunch populated mostly by eggy casseroles.  They gave it weird looks (because they know how I eat), took a bite to be polite, and then scarfed these, complaining that they were already too full of the crappier "safe" foods to eat as much as they wanted.

[mgbessert]

This are great muffins.  My kids loved them. I used wheat flour and white flour in place of the rye flour.   I reduced the spices by half.  I couldn't help eating more than one.  I will use this again. 

[treepath]

Yummy and pretty fool proof.  I subbed 1.5 cups whole wheat flour and 0.5 cups oats since I had no rye flour and added some raisins, I forget the oil cause I got distracted talking to my housemate , and used half a mashed banana as the egg substitute and they still came out wonderfully.  (I can smell them cooling and am resisting the urge to eat another).

[lkshep]

These are very tasty and soft, not too sweet or rich. It would be awesome to add more carrots for a carrot heaven! The coconut doesn't add much flavor, so it could be left out next time. This could somehow be turned into a healthy delicious carrot cake!

Some minor changes:
used 1/4 cup flaxseeds ground for the egg substitute
added a little more carrots
added a little more baking powder, and 1/4 tsp baking soda
used spelt flour instead of rye
used 1/4 cup Splenda/brown sugar blend instead of 1/2 cup regular sugar
don't remember exactly, but increased the spices (maybe 1 1/2 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice and 1/4 tsp cinnamon?)
had no nuts

[Bohemian_Vegan]

I shouldve read all the reviews before making these, mine turned out dry and ugly. They taste decent, but not pretty enough to take a pic of. Next time I will alter the recipe.

[jakaleen707]

These were great!  I used whole wheat flour instead of the rye, and rum flavoring instead of the vanilla.  Oh, and flax and water for the egg-sub.  Decadently healthy!