Peanut Butter and Jelly Muffins

Healthier_Me

I think this is a great treat for the kids and yourself.

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup jam, jelly or preserves (pick your favorite flavor)

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. In bowl, stir together flour and baking powder; set aside.

2. Place milk, eggs, sugar, Jif and salt in a blender or food processor; blend to combine. Pour over dry ingredients; stir just to moisten.

3. Line a 12 muffin pan with paper muffin cups. Fill the lined cups 1/3 full. Place about 1 teaspoon of jam, jelly or preserves in each indentation. Fill muffin cups with batter until about 2/3 full.

4. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan about 5 minutes.

Makes 12 servings

194 calories, 6g fat, 36mg cholesterol, 287mg sodium, 7g protein, 36g carbohydrates.


This can be lower in calories and in everything else if you substitute ingredients with healthier ones.

Healthier_Me

I think this is a great treat for the kids and yourself.

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup jam, jelly or preserves (pick your favorite flavor)

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. In bowl, stir together flour and baking powder; set aside.

2. Place milk, eggs, sugar, Jif and salt in a blender or food processor; blend to combine. Pour over dry ingredients; stir just to moisten.

3. Line a 12 muffin pan with paper muffin cups. Fill the lined cups 1/3 full. Place about 1 teaspoon of jam, jelly or preserves in each indentation. Fill muffin cups with batter until about 2/3 full.

4. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan about 5 minutes.

Makes 12 servings

194 calories, 6g fat, 36mg cholesterol, 287mg sodium, 7g protein, 36g carbohydrates.


This can be lower in calories and in everything else if you substitute ingredients with healthier ones.

tnkitty

Sounds yummy! And a good protein boost. :-)

sassycass

I can't wait to make this (tonight) My kids & I always have muffins on the weekends (this past weekend it was pumpkin) and I'm always on the lookout for a healthy muffin.

thanks!

Healthier_Me

Very welcome Sassy

sabby

mmm! Ive got them baking RIGHT NOW!! I cut the recipe in half, and tried something different with the peanut butter. I'll let you know how it went but right now its a secret!!

kimford28

omg, that sounds soo good! I wish I was at home right now so I could bake them!

sabby

I tried LAYERING the peanut butter and the jelly (not blending the peanut butter into the batter) and it was good, but the muffin was sort of plain. Don't get me wrong, they were really good. I just finished eating THREE of them!! yikes.

Healthier_Me

I used Splenda (Sorry Cheryl) and thought that was the reason why they weren't sweet enough for me but hubby and the girls love them. They added a bit more grape jam on top though so maybe that was the reason why they enjoyed them so much.

cmriverside

Joanna,

I'm not a calorie nazi.....and I still have my Splenda....I'm going to continue to use it. I don't even know if it's bad. I just passed along what I read (with the disclaimer that I didn't know if it was bad, couldn't prove it.)

The Xylitol is expensive and does actually have calories and carbs. I don't know if using itin quantities makes that much sense. I am going to try brown sugar - if anyone knows how to keep it from turning into a hard lump.

Cheryl

Healthier_Me

I store it in a ziploc bag with a slice of bread (Paula Deens advice) and it stays so soft.

kjllose

CM if it is aready a hard lump place it in an over proof dish and place the dish in a baking tin that has about and inch of water in it and place on low heat in the oven. It should soften up in about 15 minutes.

cmriverside

Healthier_You & kjllose - -

Thanks for the tips. I can't find my "HintsFromHeloise" book.

I am grocery shopping today, and just added brown sugar to my list!

Again, Gracias!

~CM

Healthier_Me

De nada Cheryl!

abbylove08

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