I like to have something "danishy" with my coffee in the morning. My ultimate treat is a chocolate chip muffin from DD on a Saturday morning when I'm just beginning a 24 hour work weekend. Budget and nutritional concerns prompted me to find a recipe to make muffins at home to save money, and guilt while still enjoying a treat. I like this recipe because it has less fat and more fiber. On occasion I toss a tablespoon of flax meal or wheat germ into the mix to give it a little more nutritional payout. Even on its own it offers a great deal of fiber. The muffins don't rise that well and tend to be a little dense as a result - but I think that this can be blamed on the whole wheat flour that I use.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup applesauce
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
(I think Trader Joes makes the BEST choc chips.)
Raw cane sugar to sprinkle on top. About two tablespoons.
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup applesauce
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
(I think Trader Joes makes the BEST choc chips.)
Raw cane sugar to sprinkle on top. About two tablespoons.
In a small mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder and soda and salt. Use a whisk to thoroughly blend ingredients. I use this method also when a recipe calls for the dry ingredients to be sifted.
In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar. Beat in the egg.
Add dry ingredients alternately with applesauce to the creamed mixture.
Stir in oats and chips.
Fill greased or paper-lined muffin tins about 3/4 full.
Sprinkle top of muffins with the raw, chunky sugar.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes. Makes 18 muffins.
*credits for this recipe
Ditto on Trader Joe's having the best choc. chips, especially for eating straight from the bag...there's no shame in a small handful once and a while.
ReplyDeletewho said anything about small. and speak for yourself on the once-in-a-while. :)
ReplyDeletethose look great. do you use all whole wheat flour or half and half? i like this blog that you girls are doing.
ReplyDeletethey rise a little better when i use half-and-half ... but this time i made them with all whole wheat.
ReplyDeleteJessie, you should become a follower of our blog since, at the moment, we only have one officially signed on as a follower.
ReplyDeletethanks heather. i'll try to make these next week. melissa, i just became a follower but don't have a picture there, but i'm with you girls. but i also have you on my blog roll so it updates me anytime you guys write a new post.
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