Carrot Oatmeal Muffins

A rich, moist muffin packed with whole wheat, oatmeal, raisins, carrots, pineapple, coconut, and a cream cheese surprise baked right in the center! Great for breakfast and kids love them! I vary the recipe depending what I have on hand and it always works out great. Hope you enjoy!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 294 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ cup raisins
• ½ cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 cups shredded carrots
• ¾ cup brown sugar
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup canola oil
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained with juice reserved
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ cup softened cream cheese
• ½ cup uncooked rolled oats

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease muffin tins.

Step 2

In a large bowl, mix the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Make a well in the center of the mixture, and add white sugar, brown sugar, canola oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix just until evenly moist. Fold in the oats, coconut, raisins, carrots, and pineapple.

Step 3

In a bowl, blend the reserved pineapple juice and cream cheese. Fill each muffin cup about 1/2 full with the muffin batter, reserving about 1/3 of the batter. Spoon approximately 1 teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture into the muffin cups. Top with remaining batter, so that each muffin cup is about 2/3 full.

Step 4

Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.