Apple or Pear Muffins

1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg or allspice
1/3 cup plain yogurt or applesauce (healthy alternative to oil)
1 egg
1/3 cup apple juice (you can use water or milk if you don't have this on hand)
2 cups apples or pears - diced

Topping optional:
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup oats
Melted Butter

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease muffin pan or line with paper muffin liners.
Stir together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg/allspice. Mix in yogurt, egg and juice. Fold in apples. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups until 2/3 full.

In a small bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cinnamon and oats. Mix and sprinkle over unbaked muffins. Drizzle melted butter.

Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of a muffin comes out clean.

Blueberry Muffins

Makes 12

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix in bowl:
2 cups flour (I use ww pastry)
1/2 c. powdered milk
1 tbls baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
2/3 cup sugar

Then add in:
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
2 tbls oil
2 tbls yogurt

Fold in:
3/4 cup blueberries (Frozen, thawed)

Bake for 14 minutes.

Banana Muffins & Bread

Makes 12 muffins or 1 loaf

Mix:

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 tsp allspice

1 tsp cinnamon

Add and mix in:
3-4 mashed bananas

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/3 cup canola oil

1 tsp vanilla

Mix and top with chopped walnuts (if desired).

Pour into well greased 12 muffin pan OR 1 well greased loaf pan. Bake at 375-- muffins for 20 minutes and loaf for 35 or until knife comes out clean when inserted in the middle.

Whole Wheat Banana Chocolate Muffins

Makes 12 Muffins

Mix:
1 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

Add & Mix:
1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup plain yogurt
2 mashed bananas
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate chips

Fill muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake at 375 for 25 minutes or until you can poke with knife and it comes out clean.

Whole Wheat Poppy Seed Muffins

Makes 24 muffins

Mix:
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup apple juice or cider
1 cup canola oil

Mix in:
1 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 tsp almond exract

Mix in JUST until mixed:
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbls poppy seeds
3 3/4 cup whole wheat flour

Bake at 350 for 17 minutes.

Muffins

With this basic recipe create any delicious moist whole wheat batch of muffins!

3 cups fruit (sliced/diced/mashed)
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup oats
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp powder
2 eggs
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup oil
1 tsp cinnamon

Mix dry ingredients. Add and mix wet ingredients. Fold in fruit.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake in oven at 375 for 15 minutes. Makes 18 Muffins.

Ideas:
Banana (with splash of vanilla and chopped nuts)
Blueberry (with lemon zest or juice)
Zucchini & vanilla
Apple Chunks
Pear Chunks
Peach/Raspberry

Do you have any other muffin creations?