From my friend Reid ...
* Exported from MasterCook *
Apple Butter Muffins (3.96 Ww Points)
Recipe By : (Jenni Miller miller@micro.ti.com )
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Bread-Bakers Mailing List Bread/Muffins/Rolls
Fruits Hand Made
Low Fat Weight Watchers
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 Cups flour
3/4 Cup brown sugar
1 1/2 Teaspoons baking powder
1/4 Teaspoon baking soda
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1 Teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 Teaspoon ginger
3/4 Cup apple butter
1/2 Cup applesauce
1/4 Cup skim milk
2 eggs -- lightly beaten
3 Tablespoons honey
1 Teaspoon vanilla
1/2 Cup raisins -- optional
Preheat oven to 400F.
In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients (the first 7 ingredients) and make
a well in the center.
In smaller bowl, combine wet ingredients (the next 6 ingredients).
Pour wet mixture into the "well" of the dry ingredients and stir just to
combine (10-15 strokes). Fold in raisins with as few strokes as possible.
Spoon batter into 12 muffin cups (if you don't use muffin liners, spray the
pan with cooking spray).
Bake 20-25 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean. Remove muffin tin
to cooling rack and cool 5 mins. before removing muffins from tin. (Do
*not* let muffins cool completely in the tin.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items):
204 Calories; 1g Fat (4.3% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 46g
Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 31mg Cholesterol; 193mg Sodium. Exchanges:
1 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 0 Fat; 1 1/2 Other
Carbohydrates.
NOTES : This recipe is a real crowd-pleaser, fills the house with a
delicious aroma, and is a great autumn treat. I successfully changed the
original half-cup of butter to a half-cup of applesauce to lower the
fat. I have no idea what the exact fat count is, but the only "evil"
ingredient is the eggs; you may be able to decrease the fat further by
using egg beaters instead of eggs, but I've never been that daring. (I've
wasted a lot of ingredients by unsuccessfully trying to make a recipe
fat-free, so I'm a little wary about it.) If anyone is successful with the
egg beaters (or another substitute), please let me know!
P.S. This is a very versatile recipe. I've made it with pumpkin butter,
and it was yummy. I've made it with nuts, but of course, that raises the
fat. A friend made it with apricots (dried, I assume?) and that was very
good. I wonder how chopped dates would be?
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