Spiced Zucchini Muffins
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
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7 large muffins
- Serves:
- 8-10
ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1 1⁄2 cups zucchini, grated
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon (use fresh if possible)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup dried fruit (raisins, cranberries, cherries) (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Grease and paper muffin tins.
- Mix the eggs, oil, sugar, sour cream, and zucchini together in a large bowl.
- Do not overmix.
- Add the two flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, fruit and walnuts, if using.
- (it's best if you sift the dry ingredients together before adding) Do not overmix, but make sure that all the batter is mixed together.
- Pour into muffins tins and bake approximately 20 minutes.
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Reviews
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Very good!! I used all white flour bcz. I don't have whole wheat. They were very light. Perfect for breakfast or late night snack. Will try using applesauce for much of the oil next time and maybe up the spice amounts a little, but really enjoyed as is. Thanks Tish for a delicious way to use up the zucchini.
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Yummmm! Even though I made a few changes to make these even healthier, they tasted wonderful. I used 1 cup egg whites, subbed apple sauce for almost all of the oil, used 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup white flour and 1/2 cup oat bran, subbed nonfat plain yogurt for the sour cream, and reduced the sugar to about 2/3 cup. Even with all of these changes, the muffins were wonderfully moist and delicious! I will definitely be making these again! Thanks for a great base recipe Tish!
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Yummmm! Even though I made a few changes to make these even healthier, they tasted wonderful. I used 1 cup egg whites, subbed apple sauce for almost all of the oil, used 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1/2 cup white flour and 1/2 cup oat bran, subbed nonfat plain yogurt for the sour cream, and reduced the sugar to about 2/3 cup. Even with all of these changes, the muffins were wonderfully moist and delicious! I will definitely be making these again! Thanks for a great base recipe Tish!
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I made these for breakfast this morning and they were amazing. I did change the recipe quite a bit so as to make it lower in fat and calories and higher in fiber. I found that they didn't have that overly-moist consistency that most low fat muffins have, which is a huge bonus. Things I changed: 1) Changed flour to one cup of all purpose and one cup of whole wheat pastry flour. 2) Used fat free sour cream 3) Replaced all but 2 tbsp of oil with unsweetened applesauce. Also, I added the raisins but not the walnuts (I didn't have any on hand). Thanks for the recipe. I will definitely be making this one again.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
TishT
Las Vegas, Nevada
I live in Las Vegas. I was lucky enough to run into Recipezaar around Nov. 2000 and got hooked quickly. I am a cookbook collector and have been collecting recipes for as long as I can remember. My DH had to build in shelves for all my cookbooks! I like to dabble with OAMC and for a few years hosted the Budget/OAMC forum with some great people over there. Even though I don't work in the forum any longer I've set up a lot of cookbooks for the purpose of OAMC and stretching food that might be helpful. Please feel free to check them out! I go on food jags and cooking jags! Please come say hi to me and chat on facebook. I currently host a blog for saving money through finding deals and coupons if you are interested. Most of the time I try to cook and have a good dinner on the table but I'll be honest enough to say there is still fast food occasionally in the budget! I have had such wonderful support here whenever I need it. Thank you all for being here! Just a quick note on how I rate recipes:
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? 4 stars - This recipe was good but I would change something in it next time.
? 3 stars - This is a recipe I would not make again but it was OK
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