Saturday, January 15, 2011

Healthy fruit and nut muffins

Healthy fruit and nut muffins

1    cup of fruit medley
3/4 cup brown or raw sugar
1    cup self raising flour
1    cup dessicated coconut
1    cup grated carrot
1/3 cup pepitas(pumpkin seeds)
1/3 cup sunflower seeds
3/4 cup pecans or walnuts
1    teaspoon cinnamon
2    eggs
125 ml or 1/2 cup vegetable oil (I use grapeseed oil but you can use another one - just make sure it doesn't have a strong taste - Olive oil tends to have too strong a flavour for sweet foods)
Preheat oven to 180C or 350F
Grease a 12 cup muffin tray 
Chop nuts and mix dry ingredients in a bowl.
Add eggs and oil and mix together
Spoon mix into muffin tray and press gently to ensure ingredients are together.
Bake for
approx 30 minutes or until brown and a scewer inserted in the muffin comes out clean.
Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before removing.


Enjoy!