Apple Fig Muffins with spices

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Apple Fig Muffins with spices

 

1 1/2 cups All Bran cereal

1 1/4 cups apple juice

1 large apple

3/4 cup chopped black figs, about

3 tbsps. vegetable oil

3 tbsps. applesauce, we used unsweetened

1 cup all purpose flour

1/3 cup sugar

2 tsps. baking powder

3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp. cardamom

 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine cereal and apple

juice in large bowl. Let stand as you peel, core, and

grate apple and chop figs. Add both along with oil and

apple sauce. Sift dry ingredients into mixtue and stir

to make batter. Fill cups of oiled muffin pan or

baking cups and bake about 18 minutes. Muffins are

done when toothpick inserted into center comes out

clean.

Between the figs and the bran, these are high in

fiber, and with only 3 tbsps. of oil, they're lower in

fat than the muffins on the back of the All Bran box,

and very tasty. They're not dry or bland, but for an

even sweeter muffin without additional fat, you could

whip up a simple glaze with 1/2 cup powdered sugar,

1/2 tbsp. vanilla extract and 1 tbsp. skim milk. Just

whisk them together and pour over the muffins.

 

 

 

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