Ingredients
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1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 cup old-fashioned oatmeal, uncooked (quick-cooking oats work just as well)
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1/3 cup nonfat milk
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2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
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1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
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1/4 cup light molasses
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2 tablespoons canola oil
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3 medium carrots, shredded (1 1/2 cups)
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1/2 cup dried plum, chopped (prunes)
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1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 12 standard muffin-pan cups or line cups with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir in oats.
- In a medium bowl, with fork, mix milk, applesauce, brown sugar, molasses, oil, and egg until blended; stir in carrots and dried plums.
- Add applesauce mixture to flour mixture; stir just until flour is moistened (batter will be lumpy).
- Spoon batter into prepared muffin-pan cups. (Muffin cups will be full.) Bake 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean.
- Immediately remove muffins from pan. Serve warm, or cool on wire rack to serve later.