{"id":488,"date":"2009-09-03T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/?p=488"},"modified":"2016-03-17T18:01:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T18:01:02","slug":"lemon-iced-carrot-muffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anjaschwerin.com\/food\/09\/lemon-iced-carrot-muffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon-Iced Carrot Muffins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No-one in our family is very talkative at breakfast time. On a weekday that is. It suits me perfectly as the breakfast cakes and muffins that I bake the night before for my sweet-tooth husband are at stake. If husband mumbles a “Those ones are really nice!” before 7am in the morning, then they are.
So it happened with these carrot muffins. An old recipe from my own blog that I reviewed and tried to improve a little.
No sugar is needed as these muffins are sweetened with dried dates. I used olive instead of vegetable oil. And I added flax meal for further nutritional value, that would in return justify a little indulgent lemon icing drizzle. Bon appetit!
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LEMON-ICED CARROT MUFFINS <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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1 cup <\/span>whole wheat flour<\/span>
2 tablespoons flax meal<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
1\/4 teaspoon baking soda<\/span><\/span>
1\/2 teaspoon baking powder<\/span><\/span>
1\/4 teaspoon <\/span>salt<\/span><\/div>\n
1 egg<\/span>
1\/2 cup dried dates, pitted and chopped<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
1\/2 cup yogurt<\/span><\/div>\n
4 tablespoons olive oil<\/span><\/span>
<\/span>1\/2 teaspoon<\/span> vanilla extract<\/span><\/div>\n
1 cup <\/span>carrots, coarsely grated<\/span>
1 tablespoon sunflower seeds<\/span><\/span>
1 tablespoon sesame seeds<\/p>\n

Frosting<\/b>
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1\/4 cup icing sugar<\/p>\n

Yields 6 <\/p>\n

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Preheat the oven to 175C\/375F. Grease or line muffin tins. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
In a <\/span>bowl, sift together flour, flax meal, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.<\/div>\n
In a small bowl, beat the egg. Whisk in olive oil and vanilla extract. Set aside.<\/div>\n

In a food processor, combine yogurt and chopped dates. Combine with egg mixture.<\/p>\n

Mix dry and wet ingredients until just combined fold in grated carrots and seeds. Spoon batter into muffin tins. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until inserted toothpick come out clean. Let cool completely on wire racks before frosting. <\/p>\n

Frosting<\/b>
Mix icing sugar and lemon juice together until it becomes a creamy paste. Drizzle over the cooled muffins. Let the frosting become solid before serving.<\/p>\n

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