APPLE RAISIN ALMOND MUFFINS

Posted by Carole-Anne on September 16, 2007

Apple Raisin Almond Muffins are nutrient packed - as apples are high in Vitamin C, healthy in fibre content; raisins are considered to be one of the “brain” foods and are handy to use in lunches in Sun Maid Raisin boxes for hikes as they contain considerable calories; but not the amount used in the recipe given.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups Whole Wheat Flour or mix with Whole Wheat Flour

1/2 cup lightly packed brown sugar (can use Splenda substitute which comes in brown)

2 tsp Baking Powder

3/4 tsp sea salt

1 tsp Cinnamon

1/4 tsp Allspice

1/8 tsp Ground Cloves

1/4 cup olive oil

3/4 cup dark raisins

1/4 cup unblanched almonds

l large range free/organic egg

1 cup cold applesauce

FOLLOW ME:

Preheat oven to 400 F and prepare a 12 muffin tin. Use safflower oil on paper towel to  prepare tins. 

Add first 7 ingredients of dry mixture in a large mixing bowl.

With your pastry blender, blend olive oil into dry mixture until it looks like little bits.

Chop the almonds and add to  dark raisins to dry mixture.

In small mixing bowl, beat egg lightly and stir in applesauce.

Add the moist mix to the dry mix all at once and stir until just combined.

Fill in muffin cups in muffin pan completely full.

Bake 20 - 25 minutes.

Presto!   More nutritious muffins for lunches, coffee and tea times, (snack times.)