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Recipe: Apple Spice Muffins

October 25, 2016

by Kristy Del Coro, Senior Culinary Nutritionist

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With Fall comes apples and Kristy captures the flavors of Fall with this treat!

Apple Spice Muffins

Makes 20 2-oz muffins

1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
½ cup rolled oats
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground cloves
1 cup diced peeled apple
½ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup maple syrup
2 eggs
1 cup whole milk
¼ cup apple cider or water
½ cup pumpkin seed oil or canola oil

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Sift both flours and mix together with rolled oats, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and clove. Add apples to same bowl and toss with dry ingredients.
3. In separate bowl, whisk together brown sugar, maple syrup, eggs, milk, apple cider (or water) and oil.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix gently until combined (be careful to not overmix the batter).
5. Spoon batter into two standard 12-cup muffin pans (should make about 20 muffins). Batter should fill each cup about 2/3rds of the way.
6. Bake for 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
7. Transfer to cooling rack and enjoy!

Nutrition Info per serving:

Calories: 150kcal
Fat: 7g
Saturated Fat: 1.5g
Carbohydrates: 21g
Fiber: 1g
Sugar: 10g (8g from added sugars)
Protein: 3g
Sodium: 135mg
Potassium: 65mg

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