Glorious Morning Muffins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup pecan halves
• 3/4 cup steel cut oats
• 11/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup wheat germ
• 11/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 11/2 cups carrrot chunks
• 1 cup fresh pineapple chunks
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/4 cup Vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 cup Golden raisins

Instructions

1. - Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line 15 medium-sized muffin cups with paper liners.
2. - Place pecans into the Vitamix container and secure lid.
3. - Select Variable 2.
4. - Pulse 3 times until finely chopped. Pour into large-sized mixing bowl.
5. - Place steel-cut oats into the Vitamix container and secure lid.
6. - Select Variable 1.
7. - Switch machine to Start and slowly increase speed to Variable 4.
8. - Blend for 20 seconds or until flour texture. Tap sides and top of container to shake oat flour down.
9. - Add flour, wheat germ, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon,and salt to the flour mixture in the Vitamix container and secure lid.
10. - Select Variable 4.
11. - Switch machine to Start and blend 2 seconds. Tap sides and top of container to shake flour down. Pour into bowl with pecans.
12. - Place carrot chunks into the Vitamix container and secure lid.
13. - Select Variable 7.
14. - Pulse 4 times or until finely chopped.
15. - Add pineapple, honey, oil, milk, and eggs to the Vitamix container and secure lid.
16. - Select Variable 4.
17. - Pulse 3 times until mixture is blended.
18. - Pour liquid mixture over dry ingredients. Stir by hand unti moistened. If desired, fold in raisins. Let batter stand 10 minutes. Scoop mixture evenly into muffin cups, filling almost full.
19. - Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until set. Let stand 10 minutes.
20. - Remove from muffin pans. To store, cool completely and place in covered container at room temperature.