Low Fat Muffins
 

I eat one of these every day for lunch. I used to buy them, but since I retired, I can't find any as good as where I worked. This recipe is still a work in progress. Any tweaks, suggestions, etc. would be wonderful!

Preheat the oven to about 400
Grease your muffin pan

2 cups of cake flour
1/2 cup sugar substitute (using Splenda - too expensive - any ideas?)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
4 tsp baking powder
Mix in a large bowl

In another bowl:
1 egg (or egg substitute)
3 tbl. butter substitute, melted
1 cup fat free yogurt
1 tsp vanilla

Mix the eggs, etc. into the flour and mix. Don't mix until it's a smooth paste. It should be a bit lumpy.
Bake for from 12 - 25 minutes, depending on your oven.; When you stick a toothpick in and it comes out clean, they're done.


Options: I add about 1 cup unsweetened applesauce, as many blueberries as I have, and whatever other fruit I have. I'll cut up a peeled apple, a banana, add a jar of cranberry sauce or pumpkin, etc.

I have a pan that makes giant, deli size muffins and get 6 from this recipe. Next time, I'm going to double it and make 12. They can be frozen.

Judy, I'll have to try yours. They sound really good!!! and I'm a real fan of muffins.

Here's my version of Heart Healthy Bran Muffins. It too is a work in progress!!

1 1/2 cups All Bran Cereal
1/2 cup Old Fashioned Oatmeal
1 1/2 cup Soy milk
1 1/4 cup King Arthur or other natural whole wheat flour
1 tblsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 heaping tsp. Powdered Stevia (from Health Food Store) or 1/4 cup Splenda Sugar Blend for Baking or 1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 egg whites
2 tblsp. whole flax seed (from Health Food Store)
1 tblsp. Canola oil
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (walnuts lower blood pressure) may use ? cup of each
1 cup chopped dried fruit (I like to use dried strawberries or raisins) may also use mashed bananas
1 tsp. vanilla

Combine cereal, oatmeal and milk and let stand for 2 minutes.
Sift together flour, sweetener, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
Add egg, flax seed & oil to cereal mixture. Beat well. Add flour mixture stirring until combined. Add nuts, fruit and vanilla & stir. Portion into 12 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400F about 20 to 22 minutes until golden brown.
These muffins freeze well.

I don't know why my fractions are not showing up correctly.

On my computer they look like question marks.

The lines showing question marks should read:

1 & one half cup All Bran Cereal
one half cup Oatmeal
1 & one half cup soy milk
1 & one quarter cup whole wheat flour
one quarter tsp salt
one quarter cup of Splenda Sugar Blend for Baking or one half cup sugar

Hope this fixes it.

Those muffins sound really good, thanks for sharing girls. Im keeping all the 4wt recipes, soon ill have a cookbook LOL :D

Thanks Marilyn - I'm going to try this recipe. It sounds delicious!