Carrot Cake Cruffins
These carrot cake cruffins taste like carrot cake with warm spices, carrots and candied walnuts. Baked in a muffin tin then drizzled with a cream cheese glaze for fun breakfast!
Servings: 12
Ingredients
Cruffin Dough
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , melted
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 1/4 teaspoons instant yeast
- pinch of salt
Filling
- 2 cups carrots , grated
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons raisins
- 2 Tablespoons walnuts , chopped
- 1 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom , or 2 pods crushed
- 1 Tablespoon lemon zest , optional
Topping
- 1 cup cream cheese , softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
Make the Cruffin Dough
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, granulated sugar, salt, and instant yeast.
- Add the eggs, melted butter, and milk.
- Knead the mixture into a soft, smooth dough. Cover and let it rise in a warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
Make Filling
- Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat.
- Add grated carrots and saute 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in the brown sugar, raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, cardamom, and lemon zest. Cook until the carrots are tender, adding 1 tbsp of water or milk if necessary. Set aside to cool.
Make Topping
- In a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and lemon juice. Stir until smooth and set aside.
Assemble and Bake
- Once the dough has doubled, roll it into a rectangle approximately 15 x 8 inches. Trim edges if needed.
- Spread the carrot filling evenly over the dough.
- Roll the dough tightly into a log and cut into 12 pieces, about 2–3 inches thick.
- Grease 12 cup muffin pan and place one carrot cake cruffin into each cup. Loosely cover with tea towel and let rise in a warm place 30-40 minutes or until doubled in size.
- Preheat oven to 375°F and bake cruffins for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
- Allow the cruffins to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once cooled, drizzle with cream cheese topping, serve and enjoy.
Notes
Orange zest and orange juice would also be amazing.