These Carrot Currant Muffins muffins are fluffy, flavorful, and loaded with nutrients! They make carrot cake for breakfast a totally acceptable option!
In a large mixing bowl, combine oats, milk, yogurt and vinegar in a mixing bowl, stir to coat, and allow to sit for 30-60 minutes to soften the oats (oatmeal style!) and give the vinegar a chance to work its magic. You can also pull your egg and carrots from the fridge to reach room temperature alongside it for best results. Out of all three test batches, the one I set out for an hour came out the fluffiest!
Next preheat the oven to 375 F and grease a non-stick muffin pan by spritzing with spray oil or butter.
In a clean bowl, combine flours, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and salt.
In the bowl with the wet oat mixture, stir in egg, butter, applesauce, vanilla, brown sugar, carrots, and currants and mix with a fork until fully incorporated.
Whisk together the dry ingredients and, using a sifter or a sieve, sift the flour mixture into the carrot mixture slowly, stirring with a fork to combine. Mix until just combined, avoiding over mixing the batter.
Lastly, fold in the walnuts. Your final batter should be thick, sticky, and springy and your fork should almost be able to stand upright in the batter.
Pour into greased muffin tin. For small muffins, you can divide the batter equally into 12 muffins but I prefer to fill 10 of the 12 at least 3/4 of the way full, for larger muffins with a bit of a muffin top. For a slightly sweeter muffin, top each with an optional sprinkling of cinnamon sugar.
Set your muffin tin atop an aluminum baking sheet (optional;this helps prevent the bottoms from over browning) and bake for 12-15 minutes for 12 smaller muffins and 18-20 minutes for 10 larger muffins.
Test with a toothpick and allow to cool to room temperature before faceplanting.
See post below for optional icing recipe.
Notes
Leftover muffins? Store individually wrapped in cling wrap in an airtight container for up to four days. Enjoy as is or reheat before serving.Nutrition Facts below are estimated using an online recipe nutrition calculator. Adjust as needed and enjoy!