Plus, they are packed with only wholesome, nourishing ingredients to fill you with proteins and fibers in the morning. It’s fall, and what’s better than a Morning Glory muffin for breakfast on cold days to go along a Oatmeal Vegan Muffins and Vegan Raspberry Muffins? If you’ve never had a morning glory muffin, let me describe this for you. It’s a spiced carrot cake-style muffin packed with cinnamon, ginger, and orange flavors with a dense crumb filled with carrots, apples, raisins, and bits and pieces of walnuts.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Plant-Based Milk – I like to use almond milk or soy milk for this recipe. You can also use oat milk or coconut milk. Orange Juice – This is the acidic ingredient, it contribute to rising the muffins. Unsweetened Applesauce – Applesauce acts as an egg replacer in the recipe. Light Olive Oil, canola oil, or melted vegan butter. Maple Syrup or any liquid sweetener you love, like agave syrup, coconut nectar, or rice syrup. Vanilla Extract – for more flavors.
Dry Ingredients
Whole Wheat Flour – this is a healthier flour that brings a great texture and taste. All-Purpose Flour – You can also use white spelt flour. If you use wholewheat flour instead of wheat, the muffins will be packed less fluffy. Flaxseed Meal – provides binding. Coconut Sugar or light brown sugar Baking Soda and Baking Powder – added to the orange juice, this help the muffins rise. Cinnamon and Ginger – for flavor.
Add-On Ingredients
For texture and flavor, a morning glory muffins needs a lots of filling from:
Grated Carrots Grated Apple – skin on, cored Chopped Walnuts Dried Raisins
How To Make Vegan Morning Glory Muffins
The amount of ingredients you need for morning glory muffin recipe is a bit overwhelming. But I can guarantee that it’s worth all the work. The taste and flavors are on point, and this is a no-fail vegan muffin for breakfast
Preparation
First, preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a 12-hole muffin pan with paper liners and lightly oil with cooking spray. Set aside.
Shredding Veggie And Fruits
Mixing Ingredients
Combining Batter
Baking The Muffins
Fill each paper liner up to the top and bake in the center rack of the oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffins comes out clean or with a little crumb on it. Cool at room temperature in a wire rack for an hour.
Flavor Options
You can use this recipe to create different morning glory muffin flavors. For example you can change the add-ons, swap some of them by some of the below:
Grated Zucchini – Make sure you squeeze out the water from the zucchini before adding it to the recipe. Shredded Coconut Dark Chocolate Chips Sunflower Seeds or hemp seeds Chopped Pecans of chopped almonds
Storage Instructions
Fridge – Store the muffin in an airtight cake box in the fridge for up to 5 days. Freezer – Freeze in sealed zip-lock bags or container for up to one month. Thaw at room temperature the day before.
Allergy Swaps
Below are some ingredient substitutions ideas if you need:
Gluten-Free – I didn’t try this recipe using gluten-free flour, but you may achieve decent results using all-purpose gluten-free flour instead of wholewheat and oat flour instead of all-purpose flour. Raisins – You can use any dried fruits like dried cranberries, dried dates, or apricots chopped into small cubes. Another option is to use dark chocolate chips if you don’t like dried fruits. Nut-Free – Swap the almond milk for coconut milk or soy milk. Then, swap the walnuts for shredded coconut or pumpkin seeds. Applesauce – You can replace the unsweetened applesauce with mashed ripe bananas, pumpkin puree, or sweet potato puree. Oil – I don’t recommend making this recipe oil free or the muffins might end up very dry. You can use any oil from melted coconut oil to avocado oil. Sweetener – The recipe required a combination of liquid sweetener and crystal sweetener for the best texture. Don’t swap one by the other, but feel free to use any crystal sweetener like brown sugar, sugar-free allulose, or brown sugar. For liquid sweeteners, you can pick from maple syrup, sugar-free monk fruit syrup, or agave syrup. Orange Juice Swap – Try another citrus fruit like mandarin, lemon, or tangelo juice.
Below are my answers to your common questions about these healthy morning glory muffins.
