Morning Glory Muffins Made Healthier

Submitted by CarolAT

"This is the ultimate breakfast muffin made healthier by reducing the calories and fat. I found this delicious recipe in a Good Housekeeping magazine."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 12 muffins

ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal, uncooked (quick-cooking oats work just as well)
• 1⁄3 cup nonfat milk
• 2⁄3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄4 cup light molasses
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 large egg
• 3 medium carrots, shredded (1 1/2 cups)
• 1⁄2 cup dried plum, chopped (prunes)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 12 standard muffin-pan cups or line cups with paper liners.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir in oats.
3. In a medium bowl, with fork, mix milk, applesauce, brown sugar, molasses, oil, and egg until blended; stir in carrots and dried plums.
4. Add applesauce mixture to flour mixture; stir just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy).
5. Spoon batter into prepared muffin-pan cups. (Muffin cups will be full.) Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean.
6. Immediately remove muffins from pan. Serve warm, or cool on wire rack to serve later.

Reviews

[SinginChef]

Fantastic recipe! Went gluten-free with ease! Only subbed honey in for molasses (as some don't appreciate that flavor too much here)...but followed the recipe otherwise. Amazing how moist they are with so little oil! A great find! THANKS!

 

[katew]

Just wonderful muffins - I added sultanas instead of prunes but made no other changes. These will go into school lunches in the coming week. They are moist and golden and really wonderful. Made for ZWT 5.

 

[Laura in Little Rock]

These muffins are so easy, and I had all the ingredients on hand. They bake up moist and sweet from the carrots, applesauce and prunes, and have a nice dense texture thanks to the oatmeal. I feel good starting out the day with one of these! Thanks for the healthy recipe!

 

[PaulaG]

These were baked in my silicone muffin pans. A combination of whole wheat pastry and all-purpose flour was used. Not having light molasses, sorghum was used and Splenda brown sugar blend was substituted for the brown sugar. The milk, applesauce, sorghum, oil, egg and dried plums were put into the Vita-Mix and blended before pouring over the dry ingredients. These muffins bake up moist and delicious with a hint of sweetness.