Recipe - Applesauce Date Muffins

One fourth cup Chopped walnuts
1 One half cup Whole wheat flour
2/3 cup Bran cereal; (AllBran or
Bran Buds)
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
One half cup Chopped dates
1 lg Egg; lightly beaten
1 Three fourths cup Unsweetened applesauce
1/3 cup Packed dark brown sugar
2 tablespoon Canola oil
1 teaspoon Cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 425*F. Coat muffin cups with nonstick spray.

2. Spread walnuts in a shallow pan and bake for 3 to 5 minutes, or until
fregrant. Let cool.

3. In large bowl, whisk flour, bran cereal, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
Stir in dates and walnuts.

4. In a bowl, whisk egg, applesauce, brown sugar and oil until smooth,.
Make a well in dry ingredients and mix in wet ingredients until just
combined. (Do not overmix.)

5. Divide batter among the prepared muffin cups. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes,
or until tops spring back when touched lightly. Loosen edges and turn
muffins out onto a wire rack to cool. Makes 12 Muffins.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by Alice Poe afpoe@swbell.net on Mar 24,
1998