High Fibre Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins

High-Fibre Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins

Granola bars may pretend to be full of high-fibre oats but they are sugar in disguise, same with fruit roll ups and all those gummy candies which can be seen at any cooking videos. Pretzels may not have any fat or sugar in them but they are still high in salt and don’t have a lot fiber. Now instead of asking for muffins by flavour like banana, carrot or zucchini which can be used to make creamy and delicious ice cream recipes, my son asks me for muffins by shape. Most recently I bought a star shaped muffin pan at Michael’s and couldn’t wait to use it. Here is my high fibre zucchini chocolate chip muffin recipe, or “heart muffins” as my son likes to call them which is just one of those easy dessert recipes you can make.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups white flour 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour 1 cup sugar 2 Tbsp ground flax meal 1 tsp cinnamon ¾ tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder ¾ tsp baking soda 1 ½ medium zucchinis (2 cups grated, a bit more is fine — I did this by hand) 3 eggs ½ cup canola oil

Â˝ cup Greek yogurt, I used plain but vanilla flavour would be nice too, regular yogurt would work as well Âž cup mini chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350. Spray muffin pans with nonstick spray. If using heart or star shape pans spray extra well. In an electric stand mixer (or by hand, but I recommend a stand mixer if you have one) mix flours, sugar, ground flax, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt until blended. Add grated zucchini to flour mixture and mix until moist. In a separate bowl mix yogurt, oil and eggs together. Add to flour/zucchini mixture. Stir in mini chocolate chips. For mini, heart, or star-shape muffin pans add 2 Tablespoons of batter to each muffin cup. Bake for 10-12 muffins, or until a cake test comes out clean. For regular size muffin pans add 3 Tablespoons of batter to each muffin cup and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean. Make sure to re-spray muffin tin with nonstick spray after every batch. Source: http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/blogs/lara-katz-dreaming-up-delicious/20130426/high-fibre-zucchini-chocolate-chip-muffin-recipe

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High Fibre Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins

Published on Nov 19, 2013

Angel Vicky

Granola bars may pretend to be full of high-fibre oats but they are sugar in disguise, same with fruit roll ups and all those gummy candies which can be seen at any cooking videos. Pretzels may not have any fat or sugar in them but they are still high in salt and don’t have a lot fiber. Now instead of asking for muffins by flavour like banana, carrot or zucchini which can be used to make creamy and delicious ice cream recipes, my son asks me for muffins by shape. Most recently I bought a star shaped muffin pan at Michael’s and couldn’t wait to use it. Here is my high fibre zucchini chocolate chip muffin recipe, or “heart muffins” as my son likes to call them which is just one of those easy dessert recipes you can make.