Zucchini Walnut Muffins
There’s muffin’ better than these Zucchini-Walnut Muffins.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup grated zucchini, about ½ medium zucchini*
- 1¼ cups whole wheat flour, or all-purpose gluten-free flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup walnuts, chopped
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350˚. Mist a standard muffin tin with nonstick oil spray or insert paper liners and lightly mist the liner insides to prevent muffins from sticking. Set aside. Place grated zucchini between layers of dry paper towels, kitchen towels or cheese cloth and squeeze to remove excess moisture. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and walnuts. Whisk to combine.
- In a separate medium mixing bowl, add the wet ingredients (grated and squeezed zucchini, eggs, applesauce, maple syrup and vanilla extract) and mix until blended.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and blend to create a thick batter. Be careful not to overmix; you want to stir until there are no more streaks of flour and then stop.
- Fill 9 muffin compartments with batter and garnish with an optional walnut on top. Bake in oven on middle rack for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a muffin comes out clean.
Notes
*Grate zucchini with the skin on using the largest hole of a box grater. After grating, be sure to squeeze zucchini between paper towels, a kitchen towel or cheesecloth to remove excess moisture.
Nutrition Information per serving
Serving Size: 1 muffinCalories: 170Carbohydrates: 25gProtein: 5gTotal Fat: 6g— Unsaturated Fat: 5g— Saturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 125mgPotassium: 231mgFiber: 3gTotal Sugar: 10g— Natural Sugar: 3g— Added Sugar: 7gCalcium: 150mgIron: 1.2mg
Nutrition information is calculated using a leading industry software. That being said, brands can vary, and there may be slight fluctuations in the numbers.