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Zucchini Muffins

Bake at Home the Best Zucchini Muffins

Posted on March 29, 2025March 30, 2025 by Donna Joy
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Donna Joy’s Sedona Sweet Arts Zucchini Muffins recipe is moist, light with the right amount of zucchini, cinnamon, and sweetness to brighten your morning coffee. Pecans add a special favor and makes the muffins complete.

Fans of Donna’s zucchini muffins, Sedona Sweet Arts, Chill Out Cafe or one of the restaurants or coffee houses that sold Donna’s zucchini muffins this is the original recipe Donna has used as a teen, commercially sold since the early 1990s.

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If you’re a customer of the retired Sedona Sweet Arts, Chill Out Cafe or one of the restaurants or coffee houses that sold Donna’s zucchini muffins this is the formula converted to a small batch is for you.

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Recipe by Donna Joy ~ DonnaJoys.com
Servings

24

servings
Prep time

10

minutes
Baking time

20

minutes

Moist and light with the right amount of zucchini, cinnamon, and sweetness to brighten your morning coffee. Pecans add a special favor and makes the muffins complete. DonnaJoys.com

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs

  • 2 cups granulated sugar

  • 1 cup canola oil

  • 1 tsp vanilla

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1 tsp cinnamon, I used a rounded teaspoon

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour 

  • 1 cup chopped ground pecans

  • 1 lb. grated zucchinis, 3 cups press grated zucchinis, 3 medium zucchinis

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a stand mixer fit with the paddle attachment, beat together the oil and sugar until combined, about 2 minutes. Add the eggs in one at a time, beating until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and mix well.
  • Add the flour blend ingredients 4 different additions, making sure you end with the flour. Do not over mix.
  • Add the grated zucchini once zucchini is incorporated then add the nuts.
  • Place in the muffin tin cupcake liners. Using a scoop, fill the muffin liners 2/3 full. Bake for 20 to 26 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffins comes out clean.
  • Let the muffins cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then transfer them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

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