Good morning muffins with carrot

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Orange juice
¼ cup Egg substitute
1 tablespoon Applesauce
1 tablespoon Honey
½ cup Unbleached flour
½ cup Whole-wheat flour
⅛ cup Oat bran
1 teaspoon Baking powder
⅓ teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 pinch Ground allspice; optional
⅛ teaspoon Grated orange peel; dried
1 tablespoon Diet spread with buttermilk; *see directions
1 tablespoon Lowfat buttermilk
⅓ cup Shredded carrots; fine or medium

Directions

WET

DRY

ADDITIONS

Makes 6 muffins: line muffin pan with paper baking cups); set aside.

PREHEAT oven to 400F.

WET INGREDIENTS: Measure the wet ingredients (except the carrot) in a 2-cup pyrex or other measuring cup. Stir with a fork to incorporate the honey.

DRY INGREDIENTS : Measure the dry ingredients into a medium bowl:, stir together to mix and fluff. NOTE: If using fresh orange rind, add it to the wet ingredients.

Add very cold whipped margarine to the dry ingredients, working it in with a fork. Stirring, drizzle n the buttermilk and gently crumb with a fork.

Finally, fold the Wet into the Dry ingredients in the larger bowl and fold until just combined. Stir in the carrots.

Batter will be drop-cookie stiff. Divide the batter equally into the muffin cups, filling each about three-quarters or more full. Bake at 400F about 18-20 minutes. Remove the muffins from the muffin cups. Cool on a wire rack.

VARIATION: replace carrot with zucchini.

(MC-PER MUFFIN 17% cff: 128 calories, 2.5g fat, 4g protein, 24g carbohydrate, 0mg cholesterol, fiber 2g.) *TIPs to cut your own muffin recipes. Use 2 egg whites or ¼ cup fat-free egg substitute in place of each whole egg. Replace whole milk with skim milk. Reduce the oil to 1 tablespoon per cup of flour. * OAT bran (cereal) flakes with flax seed; lightly crushed. *To store: Individually wrap each muffin in freezer wrap and freeze until ready to serve. To Reheat: Thaw overnight at room temperature. Or thaw and reheat each muffin in a microwave oven on high power (100%) for 15 to 20 seconds.

Times: Prep: 20 min.; Baking: 20 min.; Microwaving: 15 sec. (opt.) 1998Apr Hanneman >>eat-lf Review: Flavorful but dry; texture a little tough. Next time double the carrot.

Recipe by: Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight /Revised Posted to EAT-LF Digest by KitPATh <phannema@...> on Apr 19, 1998

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