Soaked Whole grain Morning Glory Muffins

This is a great "go to" morning muffin recipe. Sometimes it can be hard to make breakfast every morning. Sunday's especially since there is so much to do in getting ready for church. These are what we had today. I made them last night (with Charles help, what a nice guy:) and even put them into the muffin tins. I covered the muffin tins with plastic wrap, so all I had to do this morning was pop them in the oven.(After removing the plastic of course. I would never EVER, forget to do that...right.) Bada bing bada boom bada bang, breakfast!

Morning Glory Muffins

1/2 cup raisins
2 cups white whole wheat flour
1/2 cup demerara or sucant
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 scant teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups carrots, peeled and grated
1 large tart apple, peeled, cored, and grated
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/3 cup sunflower seeds or wheat germ (this morning I used wheat germ
3 large eggs
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup melted butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup (2 ounces) orange juice

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease a 12-cup muffin tin, or line it with papers and spray the insides of the papers.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, spices, and salt. Stir in the carrots, apple, coconut, nuts, raisins and sunflower seeds or wheat germ. In a separate bowl, beat together the eggs, buttermilk butter, vanilla, and orange juice. Add to the flour mixture, and stir until evenly moistened. Spoon into muffin tin, I use a ice cream scoop, it helps keep things nice and neat. These wont rise very much so you want the muffin cups to be full.
Bake for 20-25 min till a toothpick come out clean.


Soaking your grains is better for the digestive system because it releases the phytic acid in the wheat allowing for easier digestion and vitamin absorption.
This would be considered soaked only if you let the batter sit overnight. If you want to eat them right away then you would want to soak your raisins in hot water till they are plump before adding them to the batter.