Cook's Corner Recipe: Apple Raisin Bran Muffins
Posted on Thu, May. 22, 2008
From Linda Cicero's Cook's Corner
MUFFINS
APPLE RAISIN
BRAN MUFFINS
• 1 ½ cups flour
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk (reduced fat or skim OK)
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 1 ½ cups raisin bran cereal
• 1 large apple, peeled, finely chopped (1 cup of fruit)
• ½ cup chopped nuts, optional
Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a large bowl. Beat eggs, milk and oil in small bowl until well blended. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. (Batter will be lumpy.) Stir in cereal, apple and nuts. Spoon batter into greased or paper-lined muffin pan, filling each cup 2/3 full. Bake in 425-degree oven for 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from tin and let cool 5 minutes before serving. Makes 12.
Per serving: 167 calories (34 percent from fat), 6.5 g fat (1.1 g saturated, 2.5 g monounsaturated), 37.3 mg cholesterol, 4.1 g protein, 24.3 g carbohydrates, 1.6 g fiber, 172.2 mg sodium.
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