Muffins Recipe – Chocolaty Beet Muffins

Get some fruit and vegetables in these tasty chocolate muffins!

Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 1 ½ cups spelt flour
• ¼ cup dark cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup shredded beets
• ¾ cup applesauce
• ¼ cup oil
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 egg

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
2. Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and cinnamon together in a bowl. Stir beets, applesauce, oil, honey, and egg together in a separate bowl; stir into flour mixture just until batter is combined. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Remove muffins from tin immediately.

Nutrition Facts

• calories134.2
• carbohydrateContent20.5 g
• cholesterolContent15.5 mg
• fatContent5.5 g
• fiberContent1.7 g
• proteinContent3.1 g
• saturatedFatContent1 g
• sodiumContent97.4 mg
• sugarContent8.7 g