Healthy Heart Muffins Recipes

HEART HEALTHY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix together flour, flaxseed meal, oat bran, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt (if desired), and cinnamon into a large bowl.
• Stir in carrots, apples, raisins (if desired), and nuts.
• Combine milk, beaten eggs, and vanilla.
• Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients.
• Stir until ingredients are moistened.
• Do Not over mix.
• Fill muffin cups 3/4 full.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

HEALTHY MUFFIN RECIPE (+ 6 FLAVOR VARIATIONS)

Steps:

• First, preheat oven to 350ºF and line a muffin tin with muffin liners. We suggest also spraying your muffin liners with cooking spray just in case.
• Next, place dry ingredients into a medium bowl and mix.
• Then, in a large bowl crack 2 eggs and whisk. Add maple syrup, almond milk, and preferred pureed fruit* and mix again.
• Add dry ingredients into wet ingredients and then mix. Then, add in melted coconut oil and mix again.
• At this point, add any of the add-ins for one of the 6 muffin recipes in this post and mix again.
• Fill each muffin about 3/4 of the way full (these are going to be big muffins). Then, place in the oven at 350ºF and bake for 18-22 minutes or until the center is fully cooked.
• Let cool for 5 minutes and then remove from the muffin tin to continue cooling.

HEALTHY HEART MUFFINS

Steps:

• Beat egg whites lightly.
• add milk, yoghurt and apple sauce.
• In a separate bowl combine dry ingredients and dried fruit.
• Add liquid to dry ingredients, combine with care.
• Spoon into muffin tins.
• Bake 180 C for 20 minutes.

HEART HEALTHY OATMEAL MUFFINS

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Prepare standard sized muffin tins by spraying with a low fat cooking spray or line with muffin cups.
• In one large bowl, combine first five ingredients, mixing all dry ingredients well.
• Stir in raisins.
• In a separate bowl combine the following wet ingredients: egg substitute, applesauce, milk. Stir well.
• Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until moistened. Do not over-mix muffin dough.
• Spoon into prepared muffin tins.
• Bake in a pre-heated 400 degree oven for 18-20 minutes or until muffins are lightly browned on top and a toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin is dry when removed.