Recipe - Apple-Carrot Muffins

1 lg Granny Smith apple
3 md Carrots, peeled
3 Egg whites, lightly beaten
2 tablespoon Canola oil
One fourth cup Unsweetened applesauce
One half cup Dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Three fourths cup Flour
1 One half teaspoon Baking soda
1 One half teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
One half teaspoon Nutmeg
One fourth teaspoon Cloves
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1/3 cup Quickcooking oatmeal
2/3 cup Dark or golden raisins
One half cup Grape Nuts cereal

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray nine regularsized muffin cups with
vegetable cooking spray and set aside. 2. Cut the apple into quarters and
remove the core. Coarsely grate the apple and carrots, either by hand or
with a food processor. Combine with the lightly beaten egg whites, oil,
applesauce, brown sugar and vanilla. 3. Sift together the flour, soda,
baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt. Stir into the moist
ingredients. Add the oatmeal, raisins and cereal. Spoon in the prepared
muffin tins, filling to the top. 4. Bake 30 minutes, until the muffins test
clean. Cool a few minutes in the pan before unmolding onto a cooling rack.

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