APPLE-PECAN BRAN MUFFINS

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Healthy, high-fiber bran muffins with a twist from the normal raisins. From The Smart Baking Cookbook, by Jane Kinderlehrer.

Provided by Roosie

Categories     Quick Breads

Time 35m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 15

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

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400ºF and grease or line a 12-cup muffin tin.
  • In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, oil, buttermilk/yogurt, molasses, and honey.
  • Stir in the wheat bran.
  • In medium bowl, mix together the pastry flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg.
  • Stir the flour mixture into the bran mixture, being careful not to overmix.
  • Fold in the apple and pecans.
  • 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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 172.5, Fat 7.2, SaturatedFat 0.9, Cholesterol 36.1, Sodium 201.6, Carbohydrate 24.6, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 8.2, Protein 5

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