Bran Muffins

Bran Muffins

Adapted from 101cookbooks.com

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INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups white whole wheat flour
• 1-1/2 cups wheat bran
• 3/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
• 1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 cups nonfat organic yogurt
• 1/4 cup egg whites
• 1/2 cup honey, preferably a light honey such as clover
• 2 tablespoons melted Smart Balance Light
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 425F degrees, racks in the middle.
2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, wheat bran, salt, baking soda and sugar.
3. Beat together the yogurt, egg white, honey, and Smart Balance Light in a second larger bowl.
4. Add the dry ingredients and fold in until everything comes together. Fold in any optional add-ins, raisins, nuts, and the like. Resist overmixing.
5. Either grease a mini-muffin tin with butter or line the tin with small muffin papers. Fill each 3/4 full.
6. Bake 10 -15 minutes, until muffins are golden on top and cooked through. You can also make larger muffins in a standard size muffin pan with this batter, you just need to bake them about 5 minutes longer.

Banana Gingerbread

Banana Gingerbread

Adapted from Baking Bites

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INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups white whole wheat flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground allspice
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• pinch freshly ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 cup banana, mashed (about 2 large)
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 cup light plain soymilk
• 1/4 cup applesauce

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spices.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together brown sugar, banana, molasses, honey, soymilk and applesauce.
4. Pour into dry ingredients and stir until just combined.
5. Pour into prepared pan and sprinkle with coarse sugar, if desired.
6. Bake for about 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. (I used my Baker's Edge pan and baked for 20 minutes.)
7. Makes 1 loaf, 8-10 slices.