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Apple-Pecan Bran Muffins
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 35 Minutes
Servings: 12
Healthy, high-fiber bran muffins with a twist from the normal raisins. From The Smart Baking Cookbook, by Jane Kinderlehrer.
Ingredients:
2 eggs
2 tablespoons canola oil or 2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup yogurt
3 tablespoons molasses
2 tablespoons honey or 2 tablespoons barley malt syrup
1/3 cup wheat bran or 1/3 cup oat bran
1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour, sifted
1/2 cup rolled oats
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1 apple, chopped
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400ºF and grease or line a 12-cup muffin tin.
2. In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, oil, buttermilk/yogurt, molasses, and honey.
3. Stir in the wheat bran.
4. In medium bowl, mix together the pastry flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg.
5. Stir the flour mixture into the bran mixture, being careful not to overmix.
6. Fold in the apple and pecans.
7. Spoon the batter into muffin tin and bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
By RecipeOfHealth.com