HELLO hello hello hello
Is anyone out there? Phew we've been slacking lately. But I'm bringing it back! Fall is coming (so I'm told, we're still hitting 100 here) and it's time for a new bunch of recipes.
I'm now cooking for one and trying to lose a little weight, which makes grocery shopping no fun. However, I saw this recipe on one of the blogs I check and had to give it a shot. I made them today, and they're delicious!
INGREDIENTS:
1.5 cups zucchini, finely grated (probably about 2 zucchini)
1 cup carrot, peeled & finely grated (probably about 4 carrots)
1 egg
2 tbsp melted butter, cooled
1 cup flour
1/2 cup Sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup pecans, chopped
1/4 cup dried cherries (I subbed dried cranberries)
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line or grease your muffin tin.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon and mix until well combined. (I also added some other fall spices, nutmeg, cardamom, etc.).
In a large bowl, combine the grated zucchini, grated carrot, egg, and melted butter. At first it may seem like you don't have any "liquid" but just mix it a bit and it'll suddenly look like a batter due to the water in the veggies.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix to combine. Add the chopped pecans and dried cherries (or crans). Stir.
Divide into the muffin tins and bake for 20-23 minutes.
I made a half recipe and it worked out well. They are heavy when you pick them up. Really good.
Happy fall!
Molly
Thanks for posting these, Molly! I'm so excited that fall is just around the corner. I made pumpkin muffins the other day, and they were delish! I realized, though, that most of my autum foods are baked goods, which usually means sugar, so I've set the goal of making lots of autumny non-baked goods. I'm thinking we're going to have lots of squash and Indian curries. Mmmm!
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