These Healthy Morning Glory Muffins are chock-full of wholesome ingredients like whole wheat flour, unsweetened apple sauce, carrots, coconut, orange, walnuts, and sunflower seeds! They are the perfect on-the- go breakfast, snack and ideal for packing along in the lunch box!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/175 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Scatter walnuts on sheet and bake for 7-10 minutes until fragrant. Cool and set aside. *You can chop them once cooled, if you're not using pre-chopped walnuts.
Line a 12 cup muffin pan with liners or non-stick cooking spray.
Add the flours, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, oats and zest into a medium mixing bowl and stir together.
Add the walnuts and shredded carrots to dry ingredient mixture.
Add brown sugar, eggs, applesauce, and vanilla to a separate large mixing bowl and stir until combined.
Add the flour and carrot mixture to the egg mixture, then add coconut.
Mix until combined.
Scoop the batter evenly among the 12 prepared muffin cups and sprinkle on sunflower seeds, dividing seeds evenly between all 12 muffins
Bake until a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean (about 20 -22 minutes)