Description
This is a delicious and lighter version of a type of oat bran muffin. You could vary the fruit – blueberries, strawberries, canned peaches, etc. They are incredibly delicious served with fresh strawberries. Yum!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups oat bran
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ⅛ cups applesauce
- ½ cup egg substitute
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups blueberries
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
- ½ cup low fat granola
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 12 cup muffin pan with paper muffin liners
- and spray liners with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl
- mix the oat bran
- flour
- brown sugar
- baking soda
- baking powder
- cinnamon
- and salt. In a separate bowl
- blend the applesauce
- egg substitute
- canola oil
- and vanilla extract. Thoroughly mix the applesauce mixture into the flour mixture. Fold in the blueberries and pecans. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle batter with granola
- and press granola lightly to make it stick.
- Bake 18 minutes in the preheated oven
- or until a toothpick inserted into a muffin comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 18 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 12