This is very popular (to give out) zucchini muffins recipe:
Zucchini Muffins Recipe
-Dry ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour or Uncle Bob’s 1to1 gluten-free baking flour. (If you want gluten-free muffins)
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
pinch salt
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp apple pie spice
1 tsp cinnamon
– place these dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well, they will be added to the wet ingredients later.
Wet ingredients:
1 or 2 very ripe bananas, I usually have brown ones in the freezer that I use.
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup melted butter and ½ cup oil (canola or oil of your choice)
3 eggs
3 cup grated zucchini ( I usually use large zucchini and first cut off ends and then cut lengthwise in quarters, then remove the spongy part that contains the seeds and discard) I only grate the outer seedless part with the skin on. When I’ve grated about a cup then I place it on a couple of paper towels to remove some of the moisture.
1 cup of crushed pineapple, ( I buy a can of pineapple rings and just finely chop half the can to make about a cup, place in a couple paper towels and squeeze some of the juice out, it will be fairly juicy.
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup walnuts, I usually place the whole walnuts in a frying pan before I do anything and have them start browning a little to bring out the flavor. When browned, set aside to cool and then chop up. These will be added last.
Hand mixer works well:
Start mixing the oil, butter, and sugar, then add one egg at a time and mix in well, add vanilla, then add the zucchini and pineapple and mix well. Now you have to decide if the mix is wet enough for the dry ingredients and the walnuts to be added. If the mix seems a little too dry, add a ¼ cup of pineapple juice (from the can) or orange juice and mix well. Then add the dry ingredients except for the walnuts. I usually hand mix in the dry ingredients with a wooden spoon, when it is almost all incorporated then I add the chopped walnuts and complete mixing. You may add a handful of raisins/craisins to add more sweetness to the muffins you are going to bake.
Spoon into your baking trays and bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, test with a toothpick. Don’t overbake, better to be on the moist side.
