Recipe - Good Morning Muffins With Carrot

WET
One half cup Orange juice
One fourth cup Egg substitute
1 tablespoon Applesauce
1 tablespoon Honey

DRY
One half cup Unbleached flour
One half cup Wholewheat flour
1/8 cup Oat bran
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1/3 teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 pn Ground allspice; optional
1/8 teaspoon Grated orange peel; dried

ADDITIONS
1 tablespoon Diet spread with buttermilk;
*see directions
1 tablespoon Lowfat buttermilk
1/3 cup Shredded carrots; fine or
medium

Makes 6 muffins: line muffin pan with paper baking cups); set aside.
PREHEAT oven to 400F.

WET INGREDIENTS: Measure the wet ingredients (except the carrot) in a 2cup
pyrex or other measuring cup. Stir with a fork to incorporate the honey.

DRY INGREDIENTS : Measure the dry ingredients into a medium bowl:, stir
together to mix and fluff. NOTE: If using fresh orange rind, add it to the
wet ingredients.

Add very cold whipped margarine to the dry ingredients, working it in with
a fork. Stirring, drizzle n the buttermilk and gently crumb with a fork.
Finally, fold the Wet into the Dry ingredients in the larger bowl and fold
until just combined. Stir in the carrots.

Batter will be dropcookie stiff. Divide the batter equally into the muffin
cups, filling each about threequarters or more full. Bake at 400F about
1820 minutes. Remove the muffins from the muffin cups. Cool on a wire
rack.

VARIATION: replace carrot with zucchini.

(MCPER MUFFIN 17% cff: 128 calories, 2.5g fat, 4g protein, 24g
carbohydrate, 0mg cholesterol, fiber 2g.)

*TIPs to cut your own muffin recipes. Use 2 egg whites or One fourth cup fatfree
egg substitute in place of each whole egg. Replace whole milk with skim
milk. Reduce the oil to 1 tablespoon per cup of flour. * OAT bran (cereal)
flakes with flax seed; lightly crushed. *To store: Individually wrap each
muffin in freezer wrap and freeze until ready to serve. To Reheat: Thaw
overnight at room temperature. Or thaw and reheat each muffin in a
microwave oven on high power (100%) for 15 to 20 seconds.

Times: Prep: 20 min.; Baking: 20 min.; Microwaving: 15 sec. (opt.)

1998Apr Hanneman eatlf Review: Flavorful but dry; texture a little
tough. Next time double the carrot.

Recipe by: Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight /Revised

Posted to EATLF Digest by KitPATh phannema@wizard.ucr.edu on Apr 19,
1998