Carrot and oat muffins

I found this one on Kidspot.com, an Australian website that's a bit of a favorite at the moment. Even though it's Australian...

I particularly like the look of this one because it's got no refined sugar in it - the sweetening is done by  unsweetened (!) apple sauce, which you can make yourself, if you like.

3/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce (see below for how to make this)
1 large egg
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 cup grated carrots
1 cup wholemeal flour (Nuttiwheat?) (or half plain flour, half wholemeal)
1 cup rolled outs
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp bicarb
1/4 tsp cinnamon (or more, you can never have too much cinnamon!)
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Mix the dry ingredients together
Mix the wet ingredients together
Mix the two mixes together - don't over mix, apparently the batter should be a bit lumpy.
Spoon the mixture into a greased muffin pan, and bake for around 20 minutes at 180 degrees, or until tops turn golden.

I reckon some raisins, sultanas, or craisins would feel right at home in these muffins - possibly even some pineapple chunks?

If you want to make your own apple sauce, core and cube a few apples, add a cup of water, a slice of lemon (with its skin on), bring to the boil and simmer for about 20 minutes. Add more water if you need to, and when the apple is soft, remove the lemon slice and puree. You could do this the slow way with a sieve, or the quick way with a stick blender :-)

These guys are apparently great for freezing, and have the double bonus of being sugar-free, and of sneaking fruit AND vegetables into that lunchbox...