LOW-FAT MORNING GLORY MUFFINS

LOW-FAT MORNING GLORY MUFFINS image

Yield 10 muffins

Number Of Ingredients 14

2 c. flour
1/2 c. brown sugar, firmly packed
2 t. baking soda
2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. salt
2 c. coarsely grated carrot, packed
1 c. coarsely grated apple (including peel)
1/2 c. raisins
1/2 c. shredded, unsweetened coconut
1/2 c. sliced almonds
3 eggs
1/3 c. vegetable oil
6 T. thawed apple juice concentrate
1 t. vanilla extract

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees with the rack in the center position. Butter the rims of a 12-cup muffin tin and line 10 cups with muffin papers (or grease generously). Mix the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. Add the carrot, apple, raisins, coconut, and almonds and toss with your fingertips until all the fruit and nuts are coated with flour. Blend the eggs, oil, apple juice concentrate, and vanilla in a bowl or blender and pour on top of everything else. Mix until combined with a rubber spatula and mound the batter into the 10 muffin cups. These muffins are quite dense and don't rise very much, so you will need to shape them above the rim with an ice cream scoop or your hand. There should be about the same amount of batter above the rim of the paper as below. Bake 10 minutes, then rotate the pan and bake another 10 to 15 minutes or until the muffins no longer look gooey inside.