Carrot, banana and sultana muffins
Preparation time:
Makes: 12
Recipe highlights
- Suitable to microwave
- Suitable to freeze
- Best served immediately; Store in airtight container
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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup caster sugar
1 1/2 eggs
1/2 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
1/4 cup canola oil
1/2 cup wholemeal self raising flour
1/4 cup almond meal
1/2 teaspoon bicarb soda
pinch of salt
1/2 carrot, grated
1 banana, mashed
1/4 cup sultanas
Cooking method
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1. Preheat oven to 180ºC.
2. In a bowl, combine eggs, sugar and grated lemon zest. Mix in the oil, flour, almond meal, bicarb soda and salt.
3. Stir in half the mashed banana, grated carrot and sultanas.
4. Evenly spoon the mixture into a muffin tin. Thinly slice the remaining half of the banana. Place a slice on top of each muffin.
5. Bake in the oven for roughly 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
Nutritional facts
 | Average quantity per serving | Average quantity per 100g |
| Weight (g) | 44.16 | 100.00 |
| Energy (kJ) | 585.84 | 1326.76 |
| Protein (g) | 2.87 | 6.50 |
| Total Fat (g) | 6.94 | 15.71 |
| -Saturated Fat (g) | 0.65 | 1.48 |
| -Polyunsaturated Fat (g) | 1.79 | 4.05 |
| -Monounsaturated Fat (g) | 4.03 | 9.12 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 23.44 | 53.08 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 16.02 | 36.28 |
| -Sugars (g) | 8.76 | 19.84 |
| Starch (g) | 7.25 | 16.43 |
| Water (g) | 15.38 | 34.83 |
| Alcohol (g) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dietary Fibre (g) | 1.92 | 4.34 |
| Thiamin (mg) | 0.07 | 0.15 |
| Riboflavin (mg) | 0.07 | 0.17 |
| Niacin (mg) | 0.78 | 1.76 |
| Niacin Equivalents (mg) | 1.40 | 3.16 |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 1.73 | 3.91 |
| Total Folate (ug) | 13.35 | 30.22 |
| Total Vitamin A Equivalents (ug) | 54.33 | 123.05 |
| Retinol (ug) | 10.00 | 22.65 |
| Beta Carotene Equivalents (ug) | 265.60 | 601.52 |
| Sodium (mg) | 204.20 | 462.46 |
| Potassium (mg) | 126.83 | 287.23 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 21.83 | 49.44 |
| Calcium (mg) | 19.68 | 44.56 |
| Phosphorus (mg) | 124.28 | 281.46 |
| Iron (mg) | 0.65 | 1.47 |
| Zinc (mg) | 0.32 | 0.74 |
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Source: Melissa Scott, St Ignatius College. Published in the Geelong Advertiser 'Fifteen Minutes of Food' series.
This recipe was orginally published as:
Breakfast muffins
Recipe publication date on: 12/03/2007
Last reviewed on: 20/08/2014
