Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Healthy Apple Cinnamon Muffins

In my attempt to try to eat normal breakfast foods, unlike what I eat here, I am trying to find new recipes that I like.  I also want them to be healthy and filling. These muffins really hit the spot, and they don't taste like ground rock.  Always a plus!


Apple Cinnamon Muffins
One Dozen*

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour**
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup honey or agave
1/4 cup canola oil
2 large eggs
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup lowfat milk or buttermilk
1 apple of choice, peeled cored and cut into 1/4 inch pieces
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a muffin tin.  

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon.  
In a large bowl or mixer, whisk together the honey and oil.  Add the eggs, one at a time.  Whisk in the vanilla and applesauce.

Whisk in the flour in two batches alternating with the milk. Stir in the apple chunks. Pour mixture into muffin tins.  

In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pecans, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. Sprinkle over top of the muffins.  

Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.  


*This made 12 very large muffins for me.  You could probably get 18 smaller muffins if you'd like.  Just reduce the baking time a little.  

**To make an even lighter muffin you could use whole wheat pastry flour.  This is finer in texture.  However, it's a little pricey.  One trick that I do is let the flour run for a couple of minutes in the food processor.  It makes the regular whole wheat flour much finer.  This also works to make regular sugar into super-fine sugar.

Enjoy!!



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15 comments:

  1. I have had the hardest time finding a good apple muffin recipe. perhaps you have solved my woes?

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  2. Those look fantastic! I love muffins.
    For the pizza dough, if you click on the (recipe in this post) next to where it's listed in the ingredients, that will take you to a recipe with the dough.

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  3. Looks great! I love muffins in the morning with a hot cup of coffee. Yum.

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  4. These muffins look really good. I'm excited to read more of your blog!

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  5. wow put on the coffee! LOL those look yummy!

    Helen

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  6. aren't these wonderful! we love them.

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  7. Wow! Those muffins look awesome! I bet my boys would love those! Thanks for joining in the fun at Cupcake Tuesday!
    ~Liz

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  8. I like that these are whole wheat, nice addition to a breakfast.

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  9. Soooo yummy...looks like a recipe that I would enjoy...thanks for sharing it! Hope you have a FUN week:)

    Blessings,
    Linda

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  14. This is a wonderful recipe! Thanks for sharing!

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