Nutty Fruit Muffins

By pamdabear3383

Ingredients

• 1 and 3/4 cups whole grain pastry flour
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup fat-free vanilla yogurt
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 and 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup crushed pineapple in juice, drained
• 1/3 cup currants or raisins
• 1/4 cup grated carrots

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from flatbellydiet.prevention.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

2. In a large bowl, combine first five ingredients. In a medium bowl, combine the yogurt, brown sugar, egg, oil, and vanilla extract. Stir the yogurt mixture into the flour mixture just until blended. (Lumps are OK.) Fold in the walnuts, pineapple, currants or raisins, and carrots.

3. Divide the batter evenly among 12 muffin cups coated with nonstick cooking spray.

4. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.

5. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from the pan to cool completely on the wire rack.

Recipe Tip
Make It a Flat Belly Diet Meal: Serve with 1 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt (112); Total calories: 354

CALORIES : 242cal
CARBS : 29g
FAT : 12g
PROTEIN : 6g
FIBER : 3g
SODIUM : 177mg