Carrot Cake Muffins: Healthy & Delicious!
45sThe opening hook promises a healthy, delicious recipe that even carrot-haters will love, sparking curiosity.
▶ Play ClipThe video demonstrates how to make carrot cake muffins using a simple, healthy recipe. The host shows the process step-by-step, from preparing carrots and walnuts to mixing ingredients and baking. The result is moist, fluffy muffins with a crunchy top.
The host shares their recipe for carrot cake muffins, emphasizing they are simple, fast, healthy, and delicious, and do not taste like carrots.
8 oz peeled carrots are chopped into small pieces using a knife or food processor—12 seconds in the processor yields the right texture.
Half cup walnuts are washed and stir-fried over medium heat for 3 minutes until light brown and fragrant, then chopped.
In a bowl, combine 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup canola oil (or any cooking oil), 2 large eggs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and 2 teaspoons cinnamon powder. Mix for about 2 minutes until well incorporated.
Add 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Fold gently to avoid gluten formation, which can make muffins chewy.
Preheat oven to 375°F. Place the dough into 12 muffin liners, garnish with pine nuts, and bake for 20-25 minutes. Test doneness with a wooden skewer—if it comes clean, muffins are ready.
Muffins can be eaten fresh or frozen in a ziplock bag. To serve, defrost and microwave for 30 seconds or reheat in the oven.
This carrot cake muffin recipe is quick, yields 12 servings, and the muffins can be stored in the freezer for later enjoyment.
"The title accurately reflects the video content—a straightforward demonstration of making carrot cake muffins with a full recipe and steps."
What are the wet ingredients for the carrot cake muffins?
1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup canola oil, 2 large eggs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons cinnamon powder.
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How long should you mix the wet ingredients?
About 2 minutes until well incorporated.
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What dry ingredients are added?
2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder.
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Why should you not overmix the batter?
Overmixing can cause gluten to form, making the muffins sticky and chewy.
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At what temperature and for how long do you bake the muffins?
375°F for 20-25 minutes.
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How can you test if the muffins are done?
Poke with a wooden skewer; if it comes out clean, the muffins are cooked.
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How do you store leftover muffins?
Put them in a ziplock bag and freeze. Defrost and microwave for 30 seconds or reheat in the oven.
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Easy Carrot Cake Muffins
The host promises a simple, healthy, and delicious recipe that doesn't taste like carrots—appealing for picky eaters.
0:05Quick Carrot Chopping
Uses a food processor to chop carrots in just 12 seconds, saving time.
0:44Brown Sugar for Color Appeal
Uses brown sugar to give muffins a darker color, hiding the carrot so children eat them without suspicion.
3:12Avoid Overmixing for Texture
Explicitly warns against overmixing to prevent gluten formation and ensure moist, fluffy muffins.
5:44Freezing Tips for Meal Prep
Provides practical storage advice: freeze in ziplock bags and reheat quickly, making the recipe convenient.
8:48[00:01] [Music]
[00:03] Hi everybody.
[00:05] Today I'm going to share my recipe for
[00:08] carrot cake muffins. Muffin muffin.
[00:12] Muffin. Do you like the carrots? That's
[00:14] great. Even if you don't like carrot,
[00:17] stay there. It doesn't taste like a
[00:19] carrot and well baked. So nice and
[00:23] delicious and simple, fast and healthy.
[00:27] I used to make this carrot cake for my
[00:29] family long time ago when I lived in
[00:32] Korea. But these days I'm using my
[00:35] muffin pan. We are making 12 muffins.
[00:38] Just follow the recipe. You are going to
[00:40] make delicious carrot cake muffins.
[00:44] First carrot. We need 8 oz peeled
[00:48] carrots. I'm going to chop into very
[00:50] small pieces. You guys can use this
[00:53] grater or just like me, I use just so
[00:57] easy. I used to make this way and food
[01:00] processor. So, first I'm going to this
[01:03] cut this guy into small chunks.
[01:08] [Music]
[01:17] Okay. And
[01:21] into food processor.
[01:34] Okay, 12 seconds.
[01:37] Next, this is optional but much more
[01:40] delicious when you add. I use this half
[01:44] cup walnuts and I'm going to wash
[01:52] use just hand
[01:59] lot of dust
[02:06] until water is clear.
[02:09] Let's wash this way.
[02:11] [Music]
[02:16] Look at that.
[02:19] It's a clean and
[02:25] medium heat.
[02:44] I stir fried 3 minutes. And now just a
[02:47] light brown. Nice and smells fragrant.
[02:51] Put this on my cutting board. Then chop
[02:55] it up.
[03:01] Smells very nutty. Just set aside. Now
[03:05] I'm going to mix everything in this
[03:07] bowl. So very important bowl.
[03:12] And first sugar. This I use brown sugar
[03:15] and carrot cake you know especially I
[03:18] make this too bright yellow and then
[03:21] carrot showing showing off carrot
[03:24] children don't like that so I like to
[03:26] treat them so using kind of a brown
[03:29] sugar so brown sugar one cup
[03:33] this is cooking oil I use a canola oil
[03:36] you guys can use any cooking oil one cup
[03:40] same amount
[03:44] And two eggs.
[03:46] Two large eggs.
[03:53] Salt half teaspoon.
[03:57] Vanilla extract 2 tepoons.
[04:01] Cinnamon powder 2 tepoons.
[04:09] very dark color. That's what I want.
[04:15] And you should mix this well about two
[04:18] minutes until all these ingredients
[04:21] including uh sugar is well incorporated
[04:26] and little bit stickier. When you do
[04:29] this,
[04:37] [Music]
[04:39] grated the carrot
[04:45] and walnuts,
[04:53] flour, two cups.
[04:56] One.
[05:00] Two.
[05:02] I'm going to preheat my oven to 375
[05:07] F.
[05:11] Baking soda 1 teaspoon. Baking powder 1
[05:14] teaspoon. When you put this, just
[05:18] spread. And baking powder.
[05:25] Just gently do it fold like this
[05:32] because baking soda, baking powder and
[05:35] flour all those should be mixed evenly
[05:39] and
[05:41] like this. But if you do too much too
[05:44] much mixing like a partially gluten
[05:48] coming up so it's going to be a kind of
[05:51] a sticky chewy cake.
[05:56] One two three.
[06:03] I'm going to put this dough into muffin
[06:06] pan. And this is a liner. Really pretty
[06:10] liner. I bought this. This a purple
[06:12] color. Yeah. And just 12.
[06:23] Make this divide into around 12. So
[06:27] basically really a lot scoop
[06:32] scoop is going to be
[06:36] like this.
[06:56] These are my pine nuts. Just I remove
[07:00] the tips and tips. How to remove? You
[07:04] see there is I already removed around
[07:08] this part. There is like a kind of a
[07:10] little dark one and take off like this.
[07:14] So each one I just
[07:18] garnish with the pine nuts.
[07:25] So let's bake
[07:27] [Applause]
[07:30] [Music]
[07:34] over 375 fah for 20 to 25 minutes. So
[07:40] after 20 minutes I'm going to check if
[07:42] this is well cooked by poking with my
[07:46] wooden skewer. If it comes clean that
[07:49] means well cooked. If it's not something
[07:51] is coming inside the dough is coming out
[07:54] and then I'm going to put it back again.
[07:56] So 20 minutes later. See you soon. Okay.
[08:00] 20 minutes.
[08:03] Okay. This is
[08:07] see nothing stuff is here. It's well
[08:10] cooked.
[08:11] Turn off. Yay.
[08:18] So now this. Look at this beautiful
[08:21] muffins with purple liners.
[08:26] I feel like having my muffin here.
[08:29] Carrot cake muffin. So I made a tea.
[08:37] Let's have a muffin.
[08:40] How easily you can make this carrot cake
[08:42] muffin. Isn't it all pretty? So you make
[08:45] the 12 a lot actually and just you
[08:48] eating and share with your family,
[08:50] friends. And then if you have a
[08:52] leftover, put them into ziplo bag and
[08:56] then just freeze, take it out and
[08:58] defrost. You can use microwave or oven
[09:01] for 30 seconds for each carrot cake. So
[09:05] let's have taste.
[09:08] So fluffy and lots of carrot. See?
[09:20] You hear the little bit crunchy? The top
[09:24] is crunchy and the inside is very moist
[09:26] and like a sponge.
[09:34] M. Today I showed you how to make my
[09:37] version ko cake muffins in Korean tangen
[09:41] cake muffin.
[09:44] Enjoy my recipe. See you next time. Bye.
[09:48] [Applause]
[09:52] [Music]
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