My favorite sweet bread! Filled with delicous, nutritious ingredients.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: dairy-free, gluten-free
Servings: 18
Calories: 260kcal
Equipment
sharp box grater
Ingredients
1cupwhite whole wheat flouror whole wheat flour
1cupbread or all purpose flour
1teaspoonground cinnamon
½ teaspoonnutmeg
¼teaspooncloves
1teaspoonbaking soda
¼teaspooonbaking powder
¼teaspoonsalt
1 ⅜cupssugar(275 grams)
⅔cupoil
3largeeggs
1teaspoonvanilla
1 ½cupsgrated zucchini
1 ½cupsgrated sweet potato
1cupwalnuts, chopped
½cupdried cranberries or dried cherries
Instructions
Grate the sweet potato & zucchini using the small side of a box grater. *
Coarsely chop your walnuts and cut dried fruit in to smaller pieces if using cherries or larger fruit. If using cranberries, measure and separate big clumps.
Combine flour, spices, salt and leavening. Whisk or stir to combine thoroughly.
Put your eggs in a mixer bowl, or large bowl if you are mixing by hand. Add eggs, sugar and vanilla and beat for a couple of minutes until well combined. If you are not using a mixer, beat the eggs; add the oil & beat well. Then add the sugar and vanilla and beat until well combined and a little lighter in color.
Add the grated vegetable and mix well.
Add the flour - all at once if using a mixer or in batches if stirring by hand. While you do not want to over mix, it is just fine to mix until well combined.
Add the nuts and dried fruit, stirring to combine.
Bake muffins in a well greased pan or muffin liners for about 20 minutes. I use a muffin scoop (1/4 cup) for uniform sized muffins that bake evenly.
Check for doneness with a toothpick or an instant read thermometer (over 200 degrees F).
You can also make bite sized mini muffins! Bake for about 10 minutes.
Or you can bake in loaves, which is what I usually do - either 4 small or 1 large loaf. Bake 9x5 loaf about 60 minutes.
Notes
* Don't stress too much about exact amounts with the sweet potato and zucchini.Use a smallish sweet potato and a medium zucchini and call it good. Using a little more or less will be just fine.