Healthy Muffin Recipe

Posted by Lynda on May 14th, 2012 (Healthy Recipes)

A healthy recipe for apple, cinnamon and oat bran muffins from a dietitian in Sydney.

The healthy apple, oat bran and cinnamon muffins – delicious!

I might be a dietitian in Sydney, but I also know that we all enjoy a sweet treat every now and again – myself included. Which is why I wanted to share this wonderful healthy recipe for apple, cinnamon and oat bran muffins.

The apple, oat bran and vitamin e rich canola oil help lower cholesterol and steady blood glucose levels. They are low in fat, nutritious and simply delicious. They take just ten minutes to prepare and they freeze really well too, so I tend to make double the recipe and put half in the freezer as the perfect stand-by when friends pop over or as a healthy treat for kids, that isn’t laden in salt, sugar and other nasties.

It is a recipe I have adapted slightly from one I stumbled across in Women’s Health magazine. I like to add more apple sauce for moistness, extra cinnamon and nutmeg for that warming spiciness ad toast my pecans first to bring out their flavour. But if in a hurry, skip this stage and just fold in the pecans at the end. Thishealthy muffin recipe also works really well with walnuts instead of pecans too.

Ingredients

½ cup oat bran
1 cup of whole-wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
3 tsps of cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1 beaten egg
4 tbsp canola oil
¼ cup sugar
½ cup apple sauce
½ cup chopped pecans

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. When it is hot, toast the pecans by placing them on a baking tray and popping them into the oven for around 5 minutes. Give them a shake half way through and keep your eye on them so they don’t burn. You’ll know they’re done when they turn a slightly darker shade of brown and smell deliciously nutty.

2. Take two bowls. In one, combine the oat bran, flour, baking soda and spices. In the other, whisk the egg and oil until smooth, then stir in the apple sauce and the sugar. Add the dry ingredients bowl to egg and oil mixture and stir until combined. Fold in your toasted pecans and you’re done.

Spoon the mixture in paper cake cases and bake for 20-25 minutes on 180 degrees C, or until they have risen and are springy when touched. Cool and enjoy!

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