Zucchini bread is my absolute favorite kind of bread to make (and eat). For days, I was eyeing the zucchini in my fridge that I had bought to use for a dinner meal (have you seen the sausage and zucchini biscuits that I posted last week?), wishing that I had bought extra zucchini to make bread.
At the end of the day, I was left with a single zucchini…not enough to make a full batch of bread, but enough to inspire me to try something new. I decided to add an equal amount of shredded carrots – another vegetable I love in baked goods.
Wow! The combination was better than I expected, and based on how fast the batch disappeared, I’d say that the family loved them, too.
Carrot and Zucchini Muffins With Oatmeal Crumble Topping
- ⅔ cups vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon grated orange peel
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ cup grated carrots
- ½ cup grated zucchini (patted dry with a paper towel)
- Topping:
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ cup oatmeal
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners or spray with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350°.
- Mix vegetable oil, eggs, sugars, vanilla, and orange peel in a large mixing bowl.
- Sift dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Add dry ingredients to bowl with wet ingredients and mix thoroughly.
- Gently fold in grated carrot and zucchini.
- Add batter to muffin tin; fill cups about ⅔ full.
- In a small bowl, mix topping ingredients. Crumb toppings work best if the butter is NOT melted. I like to "knead" the crumb mixture with my hands to get it nice and crumbly. Sprinkle generously on top of each of the filled muffin cups.
- Bake at 350° for about 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack.
Enjoy!
If the recipe and pictures haven’t convinced you to make these muffins yet, let me just leave you one last hook. See the inside…moist and delicious! And with 2 veggies inside, they’re healthier than the average muffin! You can’t beat a healthy breakfast recipe that tastes great and is perfect for on-the-go eating, right?
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These look so flavorful and great as an afternoon snack.
These muffins look so fluffy and I love that they have veggies hidden inside. Warm spices are my favorite and this recipe has me dreaming about fall! Will definitely make a batch :)
I love these muffins. They are so healthy and delicious. I could eat muffins every day if I could. These muffins are great for back to school this week!
Thank you! I try. Some recipes turn out better than others. lol Luckily,this recipe was a good experiment!
This looks absolutely amazing! I am going to be making this as soon as I possibly can. Yum! Please keep posting things like this so that I can keep making them! Once again… yum!
I figured I wasn’t the only one! :) Thanks for stopping by!
I love zucchini anything, and these look perfectly delicious! I’m often in the same position of having just one zucchini on hand and a craving for zucchini bread, so I’m pinning these to my Recipes board for next time that happens. Nice to meet you on Show Me Saturday!
Looks delish! Thanks for linking up at Best of the Weekend!
Exactly! And I hate throwing out a lone zucchini because I didn’t have a way to use it. :)
This is a great idea to use up lone zucchinis! I often end up with a zucchini or two lying in the fridge and half the time they end up in the compost. Next time I will have to grate them to add to muffins, yum :) the oatmeal topping looks sooo good too, mmm!
I love zucchini bread, and I love carrot bread too. So I’m sure I’ll love a combination of both!
Found you at Wonderful Wednesday this week. =0)
Yes! Don’t you love finding ways to sneak veggies to kids? :)
I am always trying to find ways to sneak veggies into my kids mouth and this is the perfect recipe to do that! Thanks for sharing and I am most definitely pinning!
I love muffins and I love Zucchini bread and carrot cake. This is a perfect recipe for me to try. They look so yummy!
Nothing like a veggie-based muffin! Love the additional of oatmeal crisp as well.
I love zucchini bread!! I tried carrot cake muffins last week and they were wonderful! Can’t wait to try these! Thanks for the awesome recipe!! Pinned :)
I have only ever made carrot cake – I’ve never had a carrot muffin or bread, either. Have you ever had zucchini bread? I don’t think it tastes anything like zucchini…it’s just sweet, moist, and delicious. It’s definitely not a strong flavor in the bread – not like pumpkin or apple.
Ok do you know that I have never had a carrot muffin?! I’m not crazy about zucchini, does the flavor come through strongly, or does the carrot sort of hide it?