As I start off 2015, I promised myself that one of my new year's resolutions would be to eat healthier. And I'm sure this is a similar goal for a lot of people around the world. Of course this is easier said than done, am I right? Let's face it, in today's world we are surround by delicious foods that aren't too good for our health. They may be tasty, I'll give you that. So what I search for are tasty recipes that are both delicious and good for my health.
As many people would say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. However, as a student I find it very difficult to eat something at 6 am in the morning. So what I usually do is wrap my hot breakfast up and have it later. But this also poses a struggle for me. By the time I come around and want to eat my breakfast, it's cold! To conquer this task, I've researched multiple muffin recipes I can take with me instead. This particular muffin recipe I found in New Dieter's Cook Book.
I'll tell you, I'm a sucker for apple products. I think baked apples are absolutely scrumptious. When I found this apple and oat bran muffin recipe, I just had to try it. It contains bran, a good source of fiber I need in my daily routine; thus it fulfills my desire for healthier eating in 2015. Now I did add a few spices from the original recipe, but that's because I love playing with different spices. And instead of buttermilk in the original recipe, I used skim milk. So here we go:
Ingredients
1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup oat bran
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon all-spice
1/8 teaspoon pumpkin spice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup skim milk
2 egg whites
*2 tablespoons cooking oil
3/4 cup shredded, peeled apple
*If you don't want to use cooking oil, you can substitute the oil for applesauce. Just be aware that baking with applesauce as a substitute reduces the baking time by about 3-5 minutes.
Instructions
1. Preheat your oven to 375 degree.
2. Peel apple, and then using a grater shred the apple. Afterwards, set the shredded apple aside in the bowl for later.
3. Together in a bowl, mix together flour, oat bran, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and all the spices.
4. Then in a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients: milk, egg whites, and cooking oil.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. After just combined, take the shredded apple you put aside and fold it into the batter.
6. Spray muffin tins with nonstick coating spray, or put cupcake liners in the tin. Then spoon 1/4 cup of the batter into each muffin cup. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.
For me, when I prepare to bake I like to get everything out and organized so I don't have to frantically search for the next ingredients if I'm on a time line. Following the direction, I added the dry ingredients to a bigger bowl and stirred them together. For the wet ingredients, I just added them to the measuring cup so I wouldn't dirty another bowl.
I slowly added the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients in a gradual manner. And then folded the apple shreds in.
I'm the kind of person that hates cleaning the pans after baking, to avoid this mess I added paper liners so the muffins will come out clean.
As you can see, the muffins do rise quite a bit. When they are risen like this and you can cleanly pull out a toothpick from the muffins, you know the muffins are done. Take them out of the oven, and let them rest for 7 minutes or so. And then ENJOY!
I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I did. If you have any comments you want to leave, or suggestions to improve this recipe, please tell me. I hope you have a great rest of your week. Until next time guys!
- Tina
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