Apple Carrot Muffins

Ingredients

• 2 Cups White Flour
• 3/4 Cup White Sugar
• 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
• 1/2 Cup Hammonds Black Walnuts
• 3 Eggs, large
• 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
• 2 Cups Carrot, peeled and grated
• 1 Cup Apple, peeled and grated

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350 F
• Prepare a 12-hole muffin tray by buttering each or lining them, set aside
• In a large bowl stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and diced walnuts
• Gently beat together the eggs and add to the dry ingredients, along with the vegetable oil and vanilla. Carefully fold to combine until no flour remains visible.
• Fold in the peeled and grated carrot and apple.
• Spoon mixture into the prepared muffin tins until almost full.
• Bake for 18-22 minutes or until or a skewer comes out clean
• Remove from the oven and allow the muffins to stand for 5 minutes before carefully removing them onto a wire rack to completely cool.

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