Apples & Your Health
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1 Cup
1/3 Cup
1/4
Cup
11/2 Tsp.
1/4 Tsp.
1/4 Tsp.
1/4 Tsp.
1/2 Cup
1 Tbsp.
1
Large
1 Cup
All-purpose
flour
Brown sugar
Quick-cooking oats
Baking
powder
Salt
Cinnamon
Allspice
Raisins
Oil
Egg
Applesauce,unsweetened
250 ml
80 ml
60 ml
7
ml
1 ml
1 ml
1 ml
125 ml
15 ml
1
250 ml
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Preheat oven to 400 F or 200 C. Lightly grease or paper-line 8 muffin cups in a
muffin tin. Combine flour, brown sugar, quick-cooking oats, baking powder, and
salt in a medium bowl. Beat egg, oil and applesauce together, add to dry
ingredients and stir until just blended. Spoon into muffin tins. Makes 8 medium
muffins or 6 large muffins. Source:
NSFGA |
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What's in it for you! Each Muffin | |||||||||||
Calories
Protein
Total Fat
Carbohydrates
Total Dietary
Fibre
Sodium
Potassium
Calcium
Iron
285 kcal
6.5 grams
3.9 grams
57.5 grams
3.5 grams
228 mg
259
mg
87 mg
2.7 mg
Variations
Replace 1/2 cup flour with 1/2 cup whole wheat flour.
Replace 1/2 cup raisins and spices with 1/2 cup
chopped dried apricots
and 1/2 cup coconut.
Add 1/2 cup chopped peeled apple.
Replace raisins and spices with 1/2 cup frozen raspberries,
strawberries,
or blueberries and 1 Tbsp. grated lemon or orange rind.
Replace the 1Tbsp of oil with 1/4 cup 1% or skim milk to reduce fat.
Sugar
can be reduced to 1/4 cup and white sugar can be substituted for
brown
sugar.