Low Fat Oat Bran Apricot Muffins Food

OAT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F, line 12 muffin tin with unbleached parchment paper muffin liners and spray with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, applesauce, maple syrup, molasses, oil and vanilla extract; whisk well to combine. Set aside.
• In another medium mixing bowl, add oat bran, flour, flaxseed, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir with spatula to mix until no lumps, transfer to a bowl with wet ingredients and stir gently just enough to combine. Do not over mix and let batter sit for a few minutes to thicken, then stir a few more times.
• Add raisins, dates and walnuts. Stir a few times just enough to incorporate.
• Using an ice cream scoop, divide batter evenly between 12 openings of a muffin tin and bake for 10 minutes in preheated to 425 degrees F oven. Reduce heat to 375 degrees F (no need to wait for oven to cool off) and bake for another 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• Remove muffins from the oven, let muffins cool for about 5 minutes and transfer to a cooling rack to cool off a bit more.

LOW-FAT OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Soak oats in milk for 1 hour.
• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
• Spoon into a muffin pan that has been lightly greased or sprayed with nonstick spray.
• Bake at 400 F for 20-25 minutes.
• Variations: To make Oatmeal Raisin Muffins, Oatmeal Apple Muffins, or Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins, add raisins/chopped apples/chocolate chips to the batter.

OAT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C). Line or grease 12 muffin cups.
• Blend together brown sugar, oat bran, flour, baking powder, soda, and salt. Add eggs, chilled applesauce, and vegetable oil. Mix until well-blended. Spoon batter into muffin cups. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• VARIATIONS: Add 1 cup plumped raisins, with a little bit of raisin water (approximately 2 tablespoons). Or, before baking, sprinkle mixture of sugar and cinnamon over the tops of the muffins. Or, add 1 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg to flour mixture.

APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin pan, or line with paper muffin cups. Place apricots into a small bowl, and pour the boiling water over them. Let stand for 5 minutes.
• In a medium bowl stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter, oil, buttermilk and egg. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir until just blended. It is okay for the batter to have some lumps. Drain water from apricots, and mix them into the batter. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top springs back when lightly pressed. Cool in the pan over a wire rack.

LOW FAT OAT BRAN APRICOT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven 425 degrees F.
• Spray muffin tins with pan-spray.
• (these tend to stick to paper cup cake liners).
• Mix first 4 ingredients; set aside.
• Mix egg substitute, juice, milk and oil; add fruit and mix into dry ingredients till just moistened.
• Pour into prepared muffin tins.
• Bake 15-17 minutes.

OAT BRAN MUFFINS (GLUTEN FREE WITH SUGAR-FREE OPTION)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 °F.
• Mix dry ingredients together and set aside.
• Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl.
• Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
• Let the batter soak overnight or for 24 hours if desired, for better digestibility.
• Add nuts if using.
• Put into greased muffin tins (mini or regular size) or for a simpler option (my favorite....cleaning muffin tins is one of my least favorite jobs in the kitchen :-)) simply place on a prepared cookie sheet or baking stone.
• Bake for 10-20 minutes until the middles are pretty well set.

LOW-FAT APPLE ORANGE OAT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, oat bran, baking powder and soda, salt and cinnamon.
• Combine buttermilk, egg, orange rind and juice in a separate bowl.
• Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients, mixing just until moistened.
• Stir in apples and raisins.
• Spoon into greased muffin tins.
• Sprinkle with wheat germ.
• Bake at 400 for 18-20 minutes.

APRICOT OAT BRAN MUFFINS - LOW FAT

Steps:

• Preheat ove to 400.
• Spray 6 large 3" muffin cups with no-stick spray.
• In large bowl, stir oat bran, brown sugar and baking powder. Make a well in the center.
• In a small bowl, beat the egg whites until foamy. Stir in buttermilk and molasses.
• Add buttermilk mixture to the oat-bran mixture and stir just until moistened. Fold in apples and apricots.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake for 18 to 20 minutes.
• Cool in muffin cups for 5 minutes, then remove and cool on a wire rack.
• NOTE:.
• To make standar sized muffins spray 12 2 1/2" muffin cups with no-stick spray, spoon batter into cups. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes.

APRICOT OAT BRAN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Pour the boiling water over bran. Let stand.
• Combine flour, wheat germ, soda and salt. Stir well to blend.
• Cream margarine and sugar together thoroughly.
• Add eggs and buttermilk. Mix well.
• Add the creamed mixture to the flour mixture. Mix well.
• Add oats, apricots and bran. Stir well to blend.
• Fill well greased muffin cups 3/4 full.
• Bake for 15 to 22 minutes, until an inserted toothpick comes out clean and tops are browned.