Healthy Good Morning Muffins

-Sylvie-'s Note:

I got this out of a newspaper health supplement, it's a recipe by a nutrition adviser. I've tried them myself and they make a great alternative breakfast, especially warmed up with a little butter. If you like a bit of sweetness use sweetened coconut or you can soak your raisins in apple juice overnight.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• ½ cup oatmeal
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 medium carrots , grated
• ½ cup raisins
• ½ cup walnuts , chopped
• ½ cup desiccated coconut (preferably unsweetened to keep it healthy)
• 1 medium apple , 1/2 grated & 1/2 chopped into small chunks
• ½ cup yoghurt
• 1 banana , mashed
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 eggs , beaten
• ½ cup butter , melted
• 3 teaspoons vanilla essence

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4.
2. In a mixing bowl combine wholemeal flour, oatmeal, baking powder, cinnamon, grated carrots, raisins, chopped walnuts, coconut and the grated apple.
3. In a second bowl mix the yoghurt, banana and baking soda, once combined add the eggs, melted butter and vanilla essence.
4. Blend well and then stir into the flour mixture until the two are combined.
5. Don't overbeat.
6. Bake in muffin tins for approx 20 minutes.

Reviews

[CoffeeB]

Not quite sweet enough for me. I thought using vanilla low-fat yogurt would be enough and of course the added raisins and apples..but it wasn't. I did add a few t's of flax seed as well and left out the coconut. (there was my mistake for added sweetness - duh). Over all a nice healthy muffin for anytime. Made for Nuffin But Muffin Tag in KK's forum.

[Canadian_in_the_Bay]

These muffins made a great breakfast. Admittedly, I did add 2 tbsp of brown sugar because I was afraid of making these without any at all but next time I will leave it out. To make them even healthier, I replaced half of the butter with canola oil. Otherwise, I did everything as directed.

[diannejm]

I was concerned about the lack of sugar or honey or any kind of sweetener, but it was really very good. I used blueberry yogurt. Very nice.