Chocolate Chip Carrot and Banana Muffins with Pecans

Name: Chocolate Chip Carrot and Banana Muffins with Pecans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1.5 Cups Organic Spelt (wheat is fine); 2 Cups Carrot Pulp (left uncovered a day in the fridge will help remove excess moisture); 1.25 cups of Soy Milk; 2 Ripe Bananas; .25 cups Canola Oil; .25 Cups of Turbinado Sugar (brown is fine); 2 teaspoons Baking Powder; .5 teaspoons Cinnamon; .5 teaspoons Salt; 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract; .25 cups Mini-Chocolate Chips (it’s important to use the mini sized chips); .25 cups Chopped Pecans

This chocolate chip carrot and banana muffin with pecans recipe is wonderfully decadent, stuffed with pecans, carrot pulp, cinnamon and chocolate chips!

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

1.5 Cups Organic Spelt (wheat is fine)
2 Cups Carrot Pulp (left uncovered a day in the fridge will help remove excess moisture)
1.25 cups of Soy Milk
2 Ripe Bananas
.25 cups Canola Oil
.25 Cups of Turbinado Sugar (brown is fine)
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
.5 teaspoons Cinnamon
.5 teaspoons Salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
.25 cups Mini-Chocolate Chips (it’s important to use the mini sized chips)
.25 cups Chopped Pecans

Instructions

Preheat Oven to 375*

While the oven is preheating, oil the muffin tin.

With a fork, mash the banana in your mixing bowl.

Add the carrot and mix to combine.

Add the flour and mix to combine.

Add the baking powder, salt and cinnamon then mix to combine.

Add the sugar and mix to combine.

Add the chocolate chips and mix to combine.

Add the pecans and mix to combine.

Pour in the milk, oil and mix to combine, the mixture will be moist and thick.

Spoon the batter into the oiled muffin tin.

Bake for 40:00, cool 10:00 in the pan then remove to a cooling rack.

These muffins will keep for several days in the fridge and they also freeze well.

Enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 muffins Serving Size: 1 muffin
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 160Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 199mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 3gSugar: 10gProtein: 3g

Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.

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This recipe came about due to an Internet search looking for ways to utilize left over carrot pulp after juicing. We’re talking 5 to 10 pounds of left over carrot pulp every couple of weeks as a result of our juicing and smoothie habit.

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However, so far, my favorite use has been in muffins. The recipe below for Chocolate Chip Carrot and Banana Muffins with Pecans is really good. It started out as a basic muffin recipe with carrots but as we continued to bake these muffins, over a period of time, the recipe evolved.

One day my wife, who by the way, loves anything chocolate, suggested adding the left-over half bag of mini-chocolate chips in the cabinet to the muffin recipe. I did, it was good. Then, sometime later, a couple of over-ripe bananas softening in the fruit bowl called out and, waste not want not, they too went into the recipe and adding the pecans was a no-brainer, most everyone loves toasted pecans.

There is nothing special or exclusive about the recipe. It’s a basic muffin recipe with lots of healthy and tasty additions. While we’re certainly not the first to add carrot pulp to muffins, we do feel we’ve pushed this envelope a tad further with all the tasty additions.

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