Ingredients
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1 3/4 cups skim milk
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2 teaspoons lemon juice
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1 egg, lightly beaten
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1 orange, rind of
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1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
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1 1/3 cups all-bran cereal or 1 1/3 cups bran flakes, slightly broken up with your hands
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1/3 cup brown sugar
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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3/4 cup carrot, grated
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1/2 cup dried apricot, chopped
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1/4 cup non-hydrogenated margarine
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2/3 cup apple, finely chopped
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2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
Instructions
- Chop up apricots. Place in about 2/3 cup boiled water and let sit for about 20 minutes till plump and softened; drain all water out and set plumped apricots aside.
- In a large bowl, combine milk, lemon juice, egg, and orange rind.
- In a medium bowl combine flour, All-Bran cereal, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
- Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and stir until almost mixed; fold in grated carrots, chopped apple and apricots just till mixed.
- Spray muffin tin with cooking spray; fill muffin tins until almost full and sprinkle chopped apples or white chocolate chips on top of each muffin.
- Bake at 375°F for 15 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the centre of the muffin comes out clean; let stand in pan for a couple of minutes before cooling muffins on a wire rack.