Healthy Zucchini Muffins
These healthy and delicious Zucchini muffins are packed with healthy ingredients, so you won't feel guilty about it. Kids love it!
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 11/2 cups whole wheat flour
- ½ cup oat flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup coconut oil
- ½ cup applesauce
- 11/2 cups brown sugar
- ½ cup refined sugar
- 3 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups shredded zucchini
- ½ cup Walnuts (optional)
- 1 cup Chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 325ºF (165ºC). Line 24 muffin cups with muffin liners.Shred zucchini until you get 2 cups (about 2-3 zucchinis) and squeeze it to get the excess liquid out, set it aside. Sift flours, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon together in a bowl, set it aside.With the help of a mixer, beat eggs, oil, vanilla, applesauce and sugars together, for about 3 minutes. Add sifted ingredients to the mixture and beat just until incorporated. With a spatula, stir in the shredded zucchini, nuts and chocolate chips. Pour it in the muffin cups and bake it for about 22 minutes, or until golden on top, and springing back up when touched on top center.
Notes
Feel free to make changes if you would like to experiment with different flours. Using just all-purpose flour works as well.
The chocolate chips are optional, but I recommend it, since the batter is not super sweet.