Low-Calorie Carrot Muffin Recipe

Low-Calorie Carrot Muffin Recipe

That's an excellent idea! Carrot cake flavors translate beautifully into muffins, and muffins are fantastic for portion control, which aligns perfectly with your low-calorie goal.

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Prep Time 1

Cook Time 25

Servings: 12 Muffins

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: Lacto Ovo Vegetarian, Plant Based

Calories: 143

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

Dry

1.5 cups all-purpose flour
.5 cup Sweetener I used Splenda
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
.5 tsp salt

Wet

2 large eggs
.5 cup unsweetened applesauce Low-Calorie / Fat Swap
.25 cup canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract

Mix-Ins

1.5 cups shredded carrots Crucial carrot cake ingredient!
.5 cup raisins
.5 cup crushed pineapple in juice well-drained
.25 cup chopped pecans (optional) adds additional calories of 161 to entire recipe

Equipment

1 Muffin Pan Makes 12 muffins
1 grater For grating the carrots
some paper muffin pan liners

Method

Prep: Preheat oven to $375^circtext{F}$. Line a 12-cup muffin tin.
Dry: Whisk together the flour, Splenda, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
Wet: In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, applesauce, oil, and vanilla extract.
Combine: Add wet to dry ingredients and stir gently just until combined.
Fold In: Gently fold in the carrots, raisins, drained pineapple, and the optional nuts.
Bake: Fill paper muffin cups fairly full. Bake for 20–25 minutes.

Notes and Comments

These muffins turned out really well. I'm trying to keep to 1 a day but its the holiday season so its challenging.

Here is the calorie breakdown:

(According to Gemini) Based on a detailed estimate of the ingredients used in the low-calorie carrot muffin recipe, here is the approximate calorie count per muffin:

The total estimated calorie count for the entire batch of 12 muffins is around

approx 1,720

calories (without the optional nuts) to

approx 1,930

calories (with the optional nuts).

Therefore, each muffin contains:

If you include the optional pecans (nuts): $approx 161$ calories
If you omit the pecans: $approx 143$ calories

These counts are kept low primarily by the use of unsweetened applesauce and canola oil to replace most of the butter and by using a zero-calorie sweetener (Splenda) in place of sugar.