Apple, Oatmeal Low Fat Muffins

APPLE, OATMEAL LOW FAT MUFFINS

I am invited for the weekend to my friend’s beach house and wanted to bring a hostess gift.  Of course the standard two bottles of wine will come along, but I wanted something to bake to offer for the mornings.  Everyone in Greece is very conscience of low fat and healthy food, so I wanted to make a low fat muffin.  I found a few recipes and looked in my cabinet and came up with this muffin which turned out to be light and tasty!

 This doubled nicely, as I made two batches; one to take and one for my daughters who will want to delve into the muffin tin at home!

2 cups apple, peeled and shredded

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup quick oats

2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

2/3 cup trail mixture of seeds, dry fruit and nuts

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 cup  milk (low or non fat)

2 tbsp canola oil

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 cup plain fat-free yogurt

2 egg whites

Place dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. (Flour, oats, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, trail mixture, salt and cinnamon) Mix well to coat all the seeds, nuts and dry fruit.

Combine well the milk, oil, vanilla, yogurt and egg whites.   Add wet ingredients to dry ingredient bowl and stir until just moist. Add apple to mixture and stir.

 Spoon batter into a lined 12-cup muffin tin. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

TIPS:

·        I added a trail mixture I had made.  Any form of a nut, seed and dry fruit mixture will do. Just plain raisins of just nuts.  Use what you have to enhance the muffins.

As always be your own Creative Dump Cook and change this recipe to what YOU have on hand!