CarbLovers Muffin Collection

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Everyone needs a go-to muffin recipe for special mornings. Start with one great basic recipe and add extras for four delicious variaitons. Try then all!!

Ingredients

• Base
• 3/4 c all-purpose flour
• 1/2 c white whole-wheat flour
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1 1/4 t. baking powder
• 1/4 t. ground nutmeg
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 3/4 c. soy milk
• 2 Tbnsp vegetable oil
• 1 t. pure vanilla extract
• MIX INS: STIR IN THESE INGREDIENTS WHEN YOU GET TO STEP 3
• Double Chocolate Cherry
• reduce all-purpose flour in base to 1/2 c.
• 1/2 c. semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 c. dried cherries
• 1/4 c. unsweetened cocoa
• (add to flour mixture)
• cal 165; fat 5.4g (sat 1.6g; mono 1.4g; poly 1.8g) chol 16 mg; prot 3g; carb 27g; sugar 16g; fib 2g; RS 0g; sod 173mg
• Cinnamon-Apple Walnut
• 1/2 c chopped dried apples
• 1/2 c. chopped walnutys
• 1 tbsp sugar + 1/2 t. cinnamon for topping
• cal 159; fat 6.3g (sat0.6mg; mono 1/2g; poly 4g) chol 16mg; prot 3g; carb 24g; sugar 12g; fib 2g; RS 0g; sod 175mg
• Apricot-Pistachio
• 1/2 c. chopped dried apricots
• 1/2 chopped pistachios
• 2 tbsp shredded unsweetened coconut for topping
• cal 162; at 6g (sat 1.1mg; mono 2g; poly 2.4g) chol 16mg; prot 4g; carb 24g; sugar 13g; fib 2g; RS 0g; sod 172mg
• Blueberry
• 1 c. fresh blueberries
• cal 121; fat 3.2g (salt 0.4mg; mono 0.7g poly 1.8g) chol 16 mg; prot 3g; carb 21g; sugars 10g; fib 1g; RS 0g; sod 172mg

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400. Line a 12 cup muffin pan with paper liners.
Combine flours and next 4 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl; stir with a whisk,. Make a well in center of mixture.

Add egg, milk, oil, and vanilla to flour mixture, stirring until just combined. Stir in mix-in ingredients. Divide batter evenly amoung prepared muffin pan. Add topping as indicated.

Bake 16-20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Cool in pans on a wire rack for 5 mintues, remoe muffins from pans and cool completely on rack.