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Apple cinnamon muffins

May 21, 2016

Recipe

These apple muffins are filling, thanks to milled oats and flaxseed meal in the batter.

Serves 16

You can buy whole oats and whole flaxseed and mill them at home in a food processor.

Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly coat 2 muffin tins with cooking spray. In a mixing bowl, combine the yogurt, eggs, oil and vanilla. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, 1 cup sugar, oats, flaxseed, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, baking powder and salt. Turn the mixer to low speed. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined. Batter should be lumpy. Fold in the apples with a spatula.

Scoop 1/4 cup of batter into each muffin well. In a small bowl, combine remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over the batter in each muffin well. Bake for about 22 minutes or until tops are golden brown and toothpick comes out clean when inserted.

1 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
2 eggs
2 tablespoons canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup milled oats
1/4 cup flaxseed meal
2 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 medium peeled and chopped Granny Smith apples

DASH Eating Plan Servings

Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) Fats and oils Fruits 2 Grains and grain products Meats, poultry and fish Nuts, seeds and dry beans Sweets Vegetables

Diabetes Meal Plan Choices

Fats Dairy foods (low-fat or fat-free) Fruits Meat and meat substitutes Milk and milk products Nonstarchy vegetables 2 Starches Sweets, desserts and other carbohydrates

Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid Servings

2 Carbohydrates Fats Fruits Protein and dairy Sweets Vegetables

Nutritional analysis per serving

Calcium 152 Calories 29 g Total carbohydrate 24 mg Cholesterol 1 g Dietary fiber 1 g Monounsaturated fat Potassium 4 g Protein 0 g Saturated fat 1 muffin Serving size 122 mg Sodium 2 g Total fat