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Apple Cinnamon Muffins

  By Rachel | February 8, 2012 - 6:47 pm | Recipes
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I love muffins in the morning.  They are a perfect mate for coffee, and especially on those days when we are leaving the house early, it is nice to have something to grab for myself and the kiddos so we can munch in the car on our way to the park or a friend’s house.

I have made this recipe for several years.  It is low calorie and made with whole wheat flour- no oil. So it feels good to have something healthy as well as fast and easy. This is a combination of several recipes that I have seen for apple muffins over the years.

Cooking

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 c. Wheat Flour
  • 3/4 c. white sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/3 c. applesauce
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 c. milk
  • 1 apple, peeled, cored, and chopped

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Grease muffin cups. Stir together flour-cinnamon.  Mix in applesauce, egg, milk.  Fold in apples.  Spoon batter into muffin cups.

Bake 20-25 min until toothpick or knife comes out clean.

 

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Blueberry Muffins

  By Rachel | February 4, 2012 - 2:40 pm | Recipes
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These muffins have been a big hit with everyone in our family, and they are a healthy and low calorie breakfast.  I usually make these muffins one week, apple pumpkin muffins the next week, and then apple cinnamon muffins and then start over again.  I love having muffins around for those mornings when you have to get started early or you realize you forgot to eat breakfast moments from walking out the door and can quickly grab one and go.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 pint fresh blueberries
  • 1 tsp. all-spice (I found this recipe to be a little bland, so I made this slight alteration)

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups, or line with paper liners. Whisk together the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl.
  2. Whisk vegetable oil, egg, milk, and applesauce together in a separate bowl until smooth, and stir the liquid ingredients into the flour mixture until moistened. Lightly stir in the blueberries. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling them 2/3 full.
  3. Bake muffins in the preheated oven until they rise and the tops are golden brown, about 20 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin should come out clean.

**For link to original recipe on allrecipes, click here.

Apple Pumpkin Muffins

  By Rachel | February 3, 2012 - 4:54 pm | Recipes
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Shared from allrecipes.com.  By: Taste of Home’s Fast Family Favorites

I love this recipe and have made it on so many times I am close to memorizing it.  I never ate things with pumpkin until a friend urged me to try a pumpkin soup- now my two favorite breakfast foods contain pumpkin.  (pumpkin pancakes recipe coming soon)

FYI:  I make this without the Streusel.

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup canned or cooked pumpkin
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 cups finely chopped peeled apples
  • STREUSEL:
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 4 teaspoons cold butter or margarine

Directions

  1. In a bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In another bowl, combine the eggs, pumpkin and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in apples. Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. In a small bowl, combine sugar, flour and cinnamon. Cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle over batter.
  2. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

***Direct Link to original recipe, click here.