APPLE SOURDOUGH MUFFINS

Apple Sourdough Muffins image

Provided by Susan Feliciano

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 13

3/4 c sourdough starter, room temperature
1 small apple, cored and chopped in blender
(or 1/2 cup apple sauce)
1/3 c oats or oat bran
1/4 c sorghum or molasses
1/4 c sugar
1/4 c egg whites
(or 1 egg)
1 1/3 c flour, divided
(i used white whole wheat flour)
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 375°. Grease 12 muffin cups.
2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together sourdough starter, apple (or applesauce), oats, sorghum, sugar, and egg whites (or egg).
3. Add 1 cup of the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon all at once to sourdough mixture, and stir well. Now, depending on how liquid your mixture is, add in up to 1/3 cup more flour, until you get a fairly thick muffin batter. You do not want it runny. This step you have to do by experience, because everyone's sourdough starter varies in consistency and affects the liquid in the recipe.
4. When you get the right batter consistency, fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool 2 minutes in pan, then turn onto rack to finish cooling. That is, if they last that long. They smell really good and seem to attract hungry people into the kitchen.