Carrot-Pineapple Sunshine Muffins

Cookbook

Author(s): Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Terry Hope Romero

Page 226

Cuisine: North American

Course: Quick Breads/Muffins

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Leeka

14 years ago

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5

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Very moist muffins, the orange zest lends a wonderful aroma combined with carrot and pineapple. Lovely texture and not too sweet.

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Jayme · 14 years ago

Yay, you made them! And they still turned out really moist even with the canned pineapple. But really with all that fruit I guess they can't really be anything but moist. Did you not love the smell of the batter?

Leeka · 14 years ago

Yes, the smell of the batter was my favourite part! That orange zest is awesome.

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Jayme

14 years ago

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5

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So I didn't follow the rules at all with these, but they still turned out very lovely. They really do taste and smell exactly like sunshine. My big faux pas was the pineapple, which was supposed to be canned, but I went ahead and used fresh anyway. I only had a 1/4 cup of juice from that so I subbed in the other half with orange juice from the orange I zested. I don't think any of the changes I made effected the muffins, they had a crispy top, like the book said they would and only rose a little... Read more

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Leeka · 14 years ago

Yum, muffins that taste like sunshine. Gotta make some of those!

Jayme · 14 years ago

I think my favourite part was smelling the batter while I was making them. Orange zest plus fresh pineapples smells amazing!

Leeka · 14 years ago

Oh yeah. Checking the cupboard for pineapple!

Jayme · 14 years ago

I'm interested to see how yours turn out with the canned pineapples! We'll have to compare notes on textures.

Leeka · 14 years ago

I didn't have any pineapple but made other muffins this morning instead. I will pick up a can this week at market and let you know how it goes.

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