Carrot, Orange and Pecan Muffins

Name: Thermomix recipe: Carrot, Orange and Pecan Muffins
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2-3 carrots, peeled, cut in pieces; 2 oranges, zest only finely grated; 1 Teaspoon pink salt flakes pink salt flakes; 1/2 Cup milk; 1/2 Cup orange juice, freshly squeezed; 2 eggs; 1 Tablespoon vanilla bean paste; 3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO); 3/4 Cups dark brown sugar; 1/2 Teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 Teaspoon baking soda; 2 Cups SR flour; 250 Grams cream cheese, cubed; 1 Tablespoon vanilla bean paste vanilla bean paste; 1 orange, zest finely grated; 200 Grams icing sugar; 2 Drops doTERRA wild orange oil (optional); Handful pecans, shelled plus a few more for garnish

Makes 12 Prep Time 5 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Rated: Print

A little bite of yumminess, make one or two batches and freeze for easy snacking or take to work/school morning teatime!

One of the set of recipes developed for Lakeside Joondalup for Autumn, you will have a batch of these in the oven in no time, with or without a Thermomix on hand. I confess, slightly easier with a thermo in your kitchen, but no biggie....so get over the cup measurements, I have written the recipe with just a thermo method and standard measurements...at least until I make another batch and re-measure.

Need

2-3 carrots, peeled, cut in pieces
2 oranges, zest only finely grated
1 Teaspoon pink salt flakes pink salt flakes BUY
1/2 Cup milk
1/2 Cup orange juice, freshly squeezed
2 eggs
1 Tablespoon vanilla bean paste BUY
3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
3/4 Cups dark brown sugar
1/2 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon baking soda
2 Cups SR flour
Cream Cheese Frosting
250 Grams cream cheese, cubed
1 Tablespoon vanilla bean paste vanilla bean paste BUY
1 orange, zest finely grated
200 Grams icing sugar
2 Drops doTERRA wild orange oil (optional) BUY
Handful pecans, shelled plus a few more for garnish

Do

1: Preheat oven to 200°C and lightly grease a 12 hole muffin tin. Alternatively, line the tin with muffin papers.
2: Place carrots into Thermomix bowl and grate 5 sec/speed 6.
3: Add all remaining wet ingredients and blend 10 sec/speed 8.
4: Add dry ingredients and combine 12 sec/Interval.
5: Bake 18-20 minutes or until inserted skewer comes out clean. Cool in tin 5 minutes before turning out onto wire rack. Cool completely before frosting.
6: To make icing, place all ingredients into clean, dry Thermomix bowl and blend 20 sec/speed 8.
7: Spread or pipe onto cooled muffins. Garnish with a pecan and a little finely grated orange zest.

Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!