This morning I realized I didn't have a recipe for Morning Glory Muffins, so to remedy that I made a quick batch using a recipe from Gold Medal. It’s a good one! Gold Medal's recipe call for brown sugar, carrots, apples, coconut and nuts. They really hit the spot.
Overall, the recipe was excellent, but I’ll still try a few others for comparison. Dawn at the Vanilla Sugar blog has a recipe that looks tempting and Earthbound Farms has one they say is “the original”.
Morning Glory Muffins Name Origin
Speaking of origins, if you’re wondering where the phrase “What’s the story morning glory?” came from, it might be hippy slang from the sixties. Seeds of certain types of morning glory are hallucinogenic, and people used to “experiment”. When someone came out of a trance, their friends would ask “What’s the story morning glory?” I'm not sure how true that is, but I read it on the Internet and it made me laugh.
Recipe
Morning Glory Muffins -- Jumbo Size
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (250 grams)
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 large eggs
- ¾ cup vegetable oil or melted coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed (200 grams)
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup shredded apples
- 1 ½ cups shredded carrots
- ½ cup shredded sweetened coconut
- ½ cup toasted walnuts or pecans
- ½ cup raisins or dried cranberries optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 8 jumbo muffin cups with cooking spray or line with paper liners. For normal size muffins, grease or line 12 muffin cups.
- Mix the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together and set aside.
- Whisk the eggs, oil, vanilla, sugar and milk together in a mixing bowl. Add the dry ingredients and stir once or twice (batter won’t be fully blended) then add the apples, carrots, coconut, nuts and raisins.
- Divide evenly between the jumbo tins and bake at 350 F for 32-35 minutes. For normal size muffins, bake for about 25 minutes.
Leah says
I used Agave powder instead of brown sugar, and added chopped dates for extra depth and sweetness. They turned out amazing!!! It's nice to have a treat without feeling guilty!
Marta says
I made the morning glory muffins with pecans and they were unbelievable. What a great recipe!
Sugar Mama says
Perfect! I'm assuming these would be easily shipped?? I've been promising my brother a batch of breakfast cookies but these would be even better. Thank you for sharing!
LilSis says
These sound great! I don't have a jumbo muffin tin, but I'll definitely be trying these in a regular size muffin tin very soon! I LOVE a great muffin for breakfast! I'd even be tempted to throw in a little grated zucchini with the carrots and apples.
dawn says
I think the phrase came from the fact that all the things in it are reminded of the freshness of morning. I mean there are so many theories out there.
Thanks for the shout out Ms. Cookie-momma. I have a question. Who gets all the treats you bake? I give mine away to friends and people at the gym (I try to fatten them up so I look thinnner LOL). Do you give yours away? I know you do way more baking on a daily basis than I.
Anna says
Sorry, but I haven't tested mini muffins. My guess would be 12 minutes for minis. If you test, let us know.
To make 18 regular size muffins, the approximate time and temp is 20-25 minutes at 350. Good luck!
bernadettebear says
Could you possibly give a baking time & temperature for regular size muffins? and if at all possible even mimi-muffins?
Thanks
Emily says
Duuuude. These muffins are such a trip. Far out, man.
Anna says
Well, duh. I didn't post the recipe. I posted the photo and just forgot to paste the recipe I'd typed. It's there now.
Sue says
I used to make these, but haven't made them in years. I should try them again. Yours look so good.
Randi says
I love the MG muffins from the KA whole grain baking book!!!
Martha in KS says
Okay, I give up. How do I find the recipe for these gorgeous muffins? The index just brings me back here. Help, please!
Tes says
Bye Bye Birdie
"What's the story, morning glory? What's the word, hummingbird? Have you heard about Hugo and Kim?"
Was just listening to that yesterday. How weird. Now I'll try your muffins!
Jalanda says
These look fabulous!
They would be great straight up.... or with a decadent smear of whipped cream cheese, methinks.
I will definitely be trying these.