I love that the Farmers Markets have started! I get so excited, because I feel like I get so inspired during the Spring to cook and bake more amazing things (watch out!).
My mom and I were traveling this weekend, but you can bet that we planned a trip to the local Farmers Market as part of our schedule. I love shopping in other cities, seeing what makes all of their locals come together and share what they’ve been working on.
In the case of this trip, the market was in my old hometown. So the market was my old favorite. It brought back warm memories and a sweet feeling of home.
I was able to catch up with an old, dear friend of mine, walk around looking at the beautiful stalls of flowers, herbs, vegetables, and baked goods, and feel at ease. I also got to try an amazing Cardamom Iced Coffee! It was crazy good…yes, I’ll try to figure out a recipe for you.
But until then, I’ll share a recipe for some muffins my mom and I made. They’re full of…well, everything! I stumbled across the recipe while reading Joanne Chang’s cookbook, Flour, and knew I had to make them! There’s barely enough batter to hold together all of the goodies inside. From zucchini (my favorite Farmers Market find) and apples to nuts and coconut, this muffin will have you feeling fueled and comforted, ready for the day. They’re not heavy, like some “cake” muffins, they’re just full of good ingredients.
They make an absolutely perfect snack to carry as you walk out the door to start your day. Enjoy!
More Than Morning Glory Muffins
(makes 18 muffins)
½ cup oat bran
½ cup hot water
1 ½ cup grated zucchini (~1 small zucchini)
1 apple, peeled, cored, diced
½ cup raisins (or chopped dried cherries if you don’t like raisins)
½ cup toasted pecans, chopped
½ cup shredded coconut
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
½ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
½ cup coconut oil, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 ½ cup flour (white whole wheat or gluten-free blend)
¾ cup old fashioned oats
2 tsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. cinnamon
~Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Spray your muffin tin with nonstick spray OR line them with muffin liners.
~In a large mixing bowl, combine the oat bran and hot water. Add to that the zucchini, apple, raisins, pecans, coconut, and applesauce. Stir together and set aside.
~In another mixing bowl, combine the eggs and brown sugar. Start mixing with a hand mixer or your stand mixer, beating the eggs and sugar together until they start to get light and full (several minutes). Then drizzle in the coconut oil while mixing, followed by the vanilla extract.
~Into the eggs/sugar mixture, add the flour, oats, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Start folding them together. Finally add all of the fruit/nuts and stir together until fully incorporated (there will seem to be mostly add-ins and barely any batter. This is perfect!).
~Spoon the batter into your muffin tin. You’ll want to fill the muffin compartments, piling the ingredients up. Bake for 28-30 minutes, or until a test stick comes out clean (or if you press the top of a muffin gently, it springs back). Let cool before removing from the tin. Enjoy!
Recipe adapted from Flour by Joanne Chang
((ADDS ZUCCHINI TO HER LIST))
Yessss!!!!
MMM MMMM MMM!! these look miiiighty tasty!!
Well, m’dear, they are! :)Thanks!!
Yum!! You can all your fruits and veggies and your muffin craving taken care of at the same damn time!
Exactly! I don’t mess around girl 😉
Delish!
I’m seriously scared to buy any of the zucchini that I’ve been seeing in the stores lately, but you better BELIEVE that as soon as my local farmer’s market opens up next month, that these muffins are going DOWN in the broccoli kitchen! Mmm-hmmm! 😉
I do like how you added Zucchini to this recipe 🙂 Sounds great!
These look amazing!!! Morning Glory muffins are one of my favorite!! I have all the ingredients too! I am totally making these!
Oh yay! Can’t wait to hear what you think of them! I know they’re a favorite in my family 🙂
Love the ‘barely enough batter to hold together all of the goodies inside’ — that just means they’re bursting at the seams with goodies! Those chunky apple pieces are just selling me big time on these!
Thank you! Oh yes, I’m a big fan of having things stuffed to the brim, especially when it’s good stuff like apples, coconut, and oats! 🙂
I just found your blog because I saw your comment over at A Dash of Meg- I’m so glad I did! These muffins sound unbelievable! I love when my muffins are stuffed to the brim with delicious goodies like this. I may try a variation with dried cranberries rather than raisins (that’s what I have on hand!) I can’t wait!
Oh cranberries would be perfect! I’m so glad you found me and can’t wait to hear what you think once you’ve made your muffins!
OMG there are some CRAZY hunks of love in those muffins – HOT DAMN, YUM! 😀
Love this post – farmer’s market, muffins, and coffee, all in one!
I had so much fun at opening day of our Farmer’s Market, even though there wasn’t a lot of produce to be found yet. [That is my favorite part. :)] Cardamom is coffee is a genius idea. Must attempt soon.
Can you believe I’ve never baked with zucchini? I don’t even know if I’ve EATEN a baked good with zucchini in it…
What?? I love using it in my breakfast baked goods because its such a subtle taste, that its perfect! You get your veggies in your breakfast 🙂