Easy Carrot Oat Muffins Recipe: Healthy Gluten Free Muffins

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byRos Singh Updated:
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Whether you are looking for healthy breakfast muffins or a great gluten free, dairy free snack, these carrot oat muffins are a perfect option.

Oh and this is a no flour recipe too so the muffins make a tasty snack that’s so good for you!

When you are done with this recipe, be sure to check out these for banana bread muffins and chocolate zucchini muffins.

Gluten free healthy carrot oat muffins

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Ingredients for carrot oat muffins

  • rolled oats: I used rolled oats but you can use any type of oats, be it regular, steel cut, quaker and even oat flour.
  • carrots
  • sugar: I prefer using Demerara brown sugar but you can use any sweetener you prefer like white sugar, palm sugar, honey, maple syrup or dates.
  • oil: any mild vegetable oil works well for this recipe like avocado, grapeseed, or sunflower oil.
  • egg: this binds the muffin together. To make this eggless, try using 1/4 cup of yogurt or mashed banana or apple sauce. Or mix 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed with about 3 tablespoons of water. Stir until it becomes jelly-like.
  • baking powder: this acts as a raising agent for the muffins.
  • baking soda: much like baking powder, this works as a raising agent to make the muffins fluffy and less dense.
  • cinnamon powder: what are muffins without cinnamon? Feel free to add in your favorite flavorings too.
  • nutmeg powder: nutmeg has a strong, wonderful flavor that adds to this delicious muffin recipe.
  • salt

Equipment for this recipe

You will need a blender or food processor for this recipe, mainly to grind the oats into oat flour. I usually use the food processor attachment from my Ninja kitchen system but a blender will also work.

I also used a zester to finely grate the carrots.

How to make these carrot oatmeal muffins

Before getting started, be sure to preheat the oven at 350°F.

Prep the carrots

I washed the carrots and removed the outer skin with a simple vegetable peeler. Once that was done, I finely grated the carrots with a zester. You can use the food processor to blend the carrots instead but I prefer the consistency of finely grated carrots.

finely grated carrots for healthy carrot muffins

Blend everything

To my food processor attachment, I added the oats, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder and salt.

Dry ingredients for carrot oatmeal muffins before blending

I blended everything until the oats became powdery and the consistency resembled dry crumbs.

Blended dry ingredients for carrot oat muffins

Next up, I added in the finely grated carrots, oil and the egg.

wet ingredients for gluten free dairy free carrot muffins

I blended everything together until the batter was thin and lumpy. The beautiful orange color of the carrots really shines through here.

Healthy carrot muffins batter without flour

Bake the carrot oat muffins

To my muffin tray, I added muffin liners, though you can grease them with a little butter instead.

To each liner, I added 1/3 cup of batter and sprinkled the tops with a little extra brown sugar for a nice, sweet, crunchy topping.

Carrot oat muffins batter in muffin cup liners

I popped the tray in the oven to bake for about 20 minutes.

Be sure to check the doneness of the muffins with a toothpick at the end. If it comes out clean, then the muffins are done; if they are still raw, add about 5 minutes to the bake time.

Gluten free carrot oatmeal muffins on a cooling rack after baking

Once done, remove from the muffin tray and place on a cooling rack to completely cool down. The muffins are super soft and delicate but once they cool down, they’ll firm up a bit. Serve warm or cold.

Carrot oat muffins cut in half

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Carrot oat muffins (no flour)

Super soft, moist and yummy! You’ll love this easy-to-make carrot oat muffins recipe. And you won’t need any flour to make it!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: carrot oat muffins
Servings: 6
Calories: 181kcal
Author: Ros Singh

Ingredients

  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1 cup grated carrots (2 medium carrots)
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar plus 1 tbsp for topping (or use a sweetener of your choice)
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil (like grapeseed or avocado oil)
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp cinnamon powder
  • ¼ tsp nutmeg powder
  • ¼ tsp salt

Equipment

  • Blender or Food processor
  • Zester

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven at 350°F.
  • Wash, peel and finely grate carrots.
  • Add oats, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder, nutmeg powder and salt to blender or food processor.
  • Blend.
  • Add grated carrots, oil and egg to blender or food processor.
  • Combine to form a thin, lumpy batter.
  • Grease or line muffin trays.
  • Pour 1/3 cup of batter into each muffin cup.
  • Sprinkle the brown sugar on the top.
  • Bake for 20 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven, check for doneness.
  • Place on a cooling rack to completely cool.

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