Apple Oatmeal Carrot Muffins...for the cold days

For those cold days when you want to cuddle up with muffins and hot chocolate, this is a recipe for you! It's been strangely cold here in Texas the past few days and I've just been having those comfort food kind of days so I took a basic oatmeal muffin recipe and amped it up a little. I had the idea of shredding the apple as you would with carrot in carrot cake instead of cubing them as to give the consistency of the muffin some continuity.

Apple Oatmeal Carrot Muffins

Ingredients

1 cup of oats
1/2 cup of milk
1/4 cup of half and half
1/4 cup of butter, melted
2 tbsp of honey
1 egg
1 tsp of vanilla
1 cup of brown sugar
1/2 tsp of baking soda
1/2 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of cinnamon
1/2 tsp of nutmeg
1 cup of all purpose flour
1 large apple, shredded (keep the peel on, its the best part!)
1 medium carrot, shredded

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Celsius.
2. Mix together the oats, milks, butter, and honey. Whisk in the egg and vanilla.
3. With a wooden spoon stir in all your dry ingredients until just combined. Do not over mix.
4. Fold in the shredded apples and carrots.
5. Spoon into lined muffin tins and bake for 25-30 minutes. Enjoy!

pecans to garnish