Apple Spice Bran Muffins

I love the flavor of cinnamon mixed with fresh apples.  This recipe has cinnamon and a little nutmeg.  I tweeked this recipe for a couple of weeks until I achieved the right balance of fresh apples to spices.  I started with 1 cup fresh cut fresh apples and eventually increased it to 1 and 1/2 cups.   Each muffin has approximately 123 calories.

Apple Spice Bran Muffins

1 cup coarse bran
1 cup boiling water
1/4 cup honey
1/3 cup preferred sweetener (or sugar)
2 eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup natural applesauce
1 cup fat free sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 and 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 and 1/2 cups apples diced and chopped

Boil 1 cup of water and add to the coarse bran.  Let sit for 10 minutes.  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Meanwhile combine the vegetable oil, honey, eggs, preferred sweetener (or sugar), and natural applesauce.

In a separate bowl combine the dry ingredients including the whole wheat flour, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. 

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir to combine.  Gently fold in sour cream.

Slice the apples thin and dice into small pieces.

Add the diced apples.  Place liners in a muffin tin and fill until about 2/3 full.

Cook for about 20-25 minutes until they are cooked through.  Yields approximately 18 muffins at 123 calories each.

Honey Bran Muffins

I wanted to prepare a healthy bran muffin to enjoy as a breakfast treat.  I tried this recipe which worked out well.  The recipe yields 12 muffins at approximately 156 calories per muffin.  I served the muffins with Polaner All Fruit with Fiber spread.  This spread has 35 calories per tablespoon and 6 grams of sugar per serving.

Honey Bran Muffin Recipe

1 cup Wheat Bran
1 and 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 cup Raisins
1 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1 cup Lowfat Milk
1/2 cup Honey
3/4 cups Natural Applesauce
1/4 cup Chopped Walnuts
2 TBS. oil
2 Eggs, beaten

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.  Line muffin tin with paper muffin liners.  Combine wheat bran, whole wheat flour, baking soda, and baking powder.  Stir the nuts and raisins into the flour mixture.  In a seperate bowl mix together milk, honey, oil and the eggs.  Add liquid mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until just moistened.

Spoon mixture into the muffin pan and bake from 15-20 minutes.  Enjoy!