Bran and Apple Sauce muffins

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mresta
mresta Posts: 33
Small, but healthy muffins for breakfast or snacks without the use of sugar. 122 cal per muffin!

140g wholemeal plain flour
140g wheat bran
4 tsps baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
40g mixed seeds (I usually make my own combo with flax seed, linseed, sesame, pumpkin and sunflower seeds)
4g splenda granulated sweetener
128g bramely apple sauce
44ml groundnut or vegetable oil
2 large egg whites
112ml water

METHOD:

1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius.
2. Grease or line a muffin tray with small muffin cases.
3. In a large bowl, sift together and stir all dry ingredients, except the seeds.
4. In a separate bowl, lightly whisk together all the wet ingredients.
5. Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients, mix in most of the seeds, keep some aside.
6. Divide the mixture among the 12 cases (or tray).
7. Sprinkle with the remaining seeds and bake for 15-20mins until springy to the touch and a skewer comes out clean.

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  • ❤B☩❤
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  • mresta
    mresta Posts: 33
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    Thanks :D
  • Tomlette
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    That sounds great! I sent it to a friend of mine who has to cook for her diabetic husband a lot. Thanks for sharing!
  • mresta
    mresta Posts: 33
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    no problem! I'm hypoglycemic, so try to follow as low a GI diet as possible.
  • 0plato0
    0plato0 Posts: 10 Member
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    Mresta made my other half (type 1 Diabetic) these for his birthday as the weekend. I can safely say they are really tasty, and make a fantastic hangover cure!!!
  • mresta
    mresta Posts: 33
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    Glad he liked them! Think we can get him on here too? ;)
  • 0plato0
    0plato0 Posts: 10 Member
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    I've tried

    It's not really his kind of thing.
  • mamacindy81
    mamacindy81 Posts: 649 Member
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