Chocolaty Beet Muffins

Get some fruit and vegetables in these tasty chocolate muffins!

Ingredients

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

Steps

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.