Green Monster Muffins

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Courtesy of thechiclife.com

  • 12

Ingredients

  • Dry Ingredients:
  • 3/4 cup oat flour (note: you could probably sub flours of do 1 1/2 cups total of a single flour, instead of 2, if you’d like)
  • 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • Wet Ingredients:
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 single serving applesauce (or 1/2 cup)
  • 1 cup PACKED, triple washed baby spinach, chopped by food processor into small bits (see photos above)
  • 3 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 – 1 tsp lemon zest (depending on how lemon-y you want it)
  • Optional ingredient: 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, plus extra for topping

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F and prepare a 12 cup muffin tin with non-stick spray.

Add dry ingredients into a medium bowl and whisk together.

Whisk to beat egg and sugar together till light (I did this by hand for just a couple minutes).

Whisk in the rest of the wet ingredients.

Pour dry ingredient mixture into the wet ingredient mixture, add 1/4 cup walnuts if desired, and stir gently just to combine – do not over-mix.

Pour muffin batter into muffin tin cups – about 3/4 full each. If using walnuts, sprinkle walnuts on top of each muffin.

Bake for 14-17 minutes until centers set or a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.

Cool at least 10-15 minutes before serving.