Healthy Apple Walnut Muffins With Flax Seed Recipes

HEALTHY APPLE WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 375 degrees F.
• Grease 12 standard size muffin pan cups, or use paper liners.
• In a medium bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, salt, and oat bran.
• In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, 1 cup plus 2 tbsp apple juice concentrate, and buttermilk.
• Stir flour mixture into the egg mixture until dry ingredients are just moistened. Do not over mix.
• Gently stir in chopped apples and walnuts.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan, filling cups two thirds full.
• Garnish each unbaked muffin with an apple slice.
• Bake muffins until lightly golden and the tops spring back when gently pressed, about 25 minutes.
• Transfer muffin pan to a wire rack to cool slightly, about 15 - 20 minutes.
• Turn muffins out on rack to cool completely.

WHOLE WHEAT FLAX'N APPLE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Blend all dry ingredients together in a bowl.
• In a seperate bowl; combine egg, oil, and milk; add dry ingredients to egg mixture and stir until JUST blended.
• Fold in apples and nuts; batter will be thick.
• Fill well greased muffin cups 2/3 full; bake at 400 degrees for 18 to 20 minutes, or until tops spring back when touched.

HEALTHY APPLE WALNUT MUFFINS WITH FLAX SEED

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Grind the flax seed to a course powder using a blender or coffee grinder.
• In a bowl, sift together both flours, salt, sugar, cinnamon, and baking powder. Stir in flax seed powder. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, beat together the egg whites with the oil and milk. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir. Then stir apples and walnuts into the batter.
• Fill oiled muffin tin 2/3 full and bake 20-25 minutes.