Best Wheat Germ Muffins Whole Foods Recipes

WHEAT GERM MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• In large bowl, beat together the egg, sugar, milk and butter.
• Mix into the milk mixture the flour, salt and baking powder.
• Batter may be lumpy.
• Fold in one cup wheat germ.
• Spoon mixture into greased muffin tins.
• Bake for 20 minutes.

BANANA-WHEAT GERM MUFFINS (VEGAN)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F Lightly grease a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray (or use foil muffin liners--much easier).
• Pour the soy milk into a measuring cup and add the vinegar to it. Set it aside to curdle.
• Meanwhile, mash the bananas in a large mixing bowl. Add the soy milk mixture to the bowl along with the oil, sugar, and vanilla, and mix well.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, wheat germ, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Add this to the banana mixture and use a wooden spoon to gently stir the ingredients, until all the dry ingredients are just moistened (do not over-stir!).
• Fill the muffin cups three-quarters full and bake for 22 minutes. Remove from the oven and, once cool enough to handle, transfer to a cooling rack to cool the rest of the way. You can also serve them warm.

WHEAT GERM MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix all dry ingredients together.
• mix all liquids together and add to dry ingredients.
• Scoop into paper lined muffin tin.
• Bake at 350 degree oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown.

HEARTY WHOLE GRAIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 18 muffin cups with paper liners.
• In a small bowl, cover the raisins with water, and set aside to plump. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, dry milk powder, wheat bran, and farina cereal until thoroughly combined.
• Drain water from the raisins. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until frothy, then mix in the drained raisins, applesauce, carrot, vegetable oil, and bran cereal. Pour the liquid ingredients into the flour mixture, and briefly mix just to moisten (do not overmix). Fill muffin cups about 2/3 full, and sprinkle each muffin with about 1/2 teaspoon of raw sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the muffins are set and the tops are golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin should come out clean. Serve warm.

ALMOND WHEAT GERM MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Throw everything in a bowl and mix until well blended.
• Pour batter into greased or lined muffin tins and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

APPLESAUCE-WHEAT GERM MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• In large bowl, combine flour, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• In medium bowl, beat egg replacer with brown sugar, oil, applesauce and soy milk.
• Mix with dry ingredients just until evenly moistened.
• Spoon into muffin tins.
• Mix 2 teaspoons of sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle on top of muffins.
• Bake for 15-17 minutes.

WHOLE WHEAT ZUCCHINI MUFFINS

Steps:

• 1 Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). In a large bowl combine the sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Stir in the grated zucchini and then the melted butter. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Stir these dry ingredients into the zucchini mixture. Stir in walnuts, raisins or cranberries if using.
• 2 Coat each muffin cup in your muffin pan with a little butter or vegetable oil spray. Use a spoon to distribute the muffin dough equally among the cups, filling the cups up completely. Bake on the middle rack until muffins are golden brown, and the top of the muffins bounce back when you press on them, about 25 to 30 minutes. Test with a long toothpick or a thin bamboo skewer to make sure the center of the muffins are done. Set on wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from the tin let cool another 20 minutes.
• Note, if you are including walnuts and dried fruit, you will likely have more batter than is needed for 12 muffins. I got about 14 muffins from this batch, and that included filling the muffin cups up as far as they could possibly go (above the surface of the muffin tin).