Gahb healthy apple-walnut muffins

12 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups All-purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
¼ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Ground ginger
¼ teaspoon Ground allspice
¼ teaspoon Ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon Salt; 1/4 rounded teaspoon
2 larges Eggs
1 cup Plus 2 T. frozen; apple juice concentrate, thawed
⅔ cup Buttermilk
2 tablespoons Oat bran
2 smalls Granny Smith apple; peel, core and chop
⅓ cup Chopped walnuts; about 1 1/3 oz
1 small Granny Smith apples; peeled, cored, cut in 12 thin slices

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 12 standard size muffin-pan cups or line with paper liners. Mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, and salt. Mix together eggs, apple juice, and buttermilk.

Stir flour mixture and oat bran into egg mixture until dry ingredients are just moistened. Do not overmix. Gently stir in chopped apples and nuts.

Spoon batter into prepared pan, filling cups two-thirds full. Garnish each muffin by placing an apple slice on top. Bake muffins until lightly golden and tops spring back when pressed, 25 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool slightly. Turn muffins out onto rack to cool completely.

Baking Tips: Instead of frozen apple juice concentrate, use other bottled fruit juice concentrates. Health food stores generally carry the best variety. Experiment with such interesting flavors as papaya, pineapple, and mango for a tropical taste.

NOTES : From Great American Home Baking.

Recipe by: Great American Home Baking Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 512 by "Valerie Whittle" <catspaw@...> on Jan 13, 1998

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