Healthy Carrot Muffins with Coconut Cream Icing

Quick and healthy is always my aim when making snacks and meals for my family!  I love to bake but time is always limited in the kitchen.

I made these Carrot Muffins for the boys this morning during Fraser's nap and decided that since he loved the Banana Bread Bars with Healthy Honey Frosting SO much that I should add a big of "icing" to the tops of these too!  

I ended up using cream cheese and coconut in my icing this time and sweetened it with honey.  YUM!!

Healthy Carrot Muffin Recipe

Ingredients

•    1 1/2 cup chopped – carrot

•    2 cup – Whole Wheat flour

•    2 teaspoon – baking powder

•    1 teaspoon – baking soda

•    1/2 teaspoon – Salt

•    1 teaspoon – cinnamon

•    1/2 cup – Maple Syrup

•    3 large – Egg

•    1/2 cup – Coconut Oil

•    1/2 Cup – Almond milk; warm or room temp

•    1 teaspoon – Vanilla extract

Directions

•    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

•    Start by chopping the carrots in a food processor until completely grated. You want 1 cup of grated carrot.

•    Combine dry ingredients. Flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

•    In a separate bowl, combine carrot, eggs, coconut oil, almond milk and vanilla. Fold wet ingredients into dry and stir till just moistened.

•    Scoop into muffin tin, with muffin liners or by coating the muffin tin with coconut oil.

•    Bake for 18-20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Coconut Cream Icing

Ingredients


1 Brick Cream Cheese - room temperature

1 Cup unsweatened Coconut 

1/2 cup honey or maple syrup

1 tsp vanilla

Milk as desired for consistency

Directions

• ·      Cream together Cream cheese and honey using a hand mixer or stand mixer
• ·      In food processor blend coconut and vanilla until the coconut is very fine. 
• ·      Add in the cream cheese mixture a spoonful at a time until combined with the coconut and the coconut starts to become smoother. 
• ·      If needed add in a small amount of milk to smooth everything out.  
• ·      Spread onto muffins and store in the refrigerator