Kashi GoLean Muffins

I enjoy the Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal. It is good in milk or on top of some yogurt. Yum! Last week I decided to try the regular Kashi Go Lean cereal. It couldn't really be that different than the crunch cereal, could it? The answer is yes, it could! I barely managed to choke down a bowl that had sugar and bananas on it. So I decided to look for some recipes to use this healthy cereal in; I wasn't going to waste a whole box, and I wasn't going to be able to eat it plain! I came upon this recipe for muffins, which I tweaked a little. They aren't super amazing muffins, but with a little honey they were good, and definitely better than the plain cereal! My kids ate them happily, and didn't suspect how healthy they are.

Kashi Go Lean Muffins

Ingredients

1 cup whole wheat flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 3/4 cup Kashi Go Lean cereal
3/4 cup skim milk plus a dash of vanilla
1/4 cup honey
1 egg
1/4 cup applesauce
1 medium ripe banana

Directions

Spray muffin tin cups with cooking spray and preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine cereal and milk and let stand for 3-4 minutes. Add the honey and egg whites to cereal mixture and beat well. Stir in apple sauce and banana. Add flour mixture and mix only until dry ingredients are moistened. Fill sprayed muffin tins. Bake for 25 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.


The original recipe called for light vanilla soy milk, but I don't do the soy milk thing so I used skim milk and a dash of vanilla. The original also called for two egg whites, but since I'm not on that much of a healthy kick I just used one whole egg. It also didn't call for the cinnamon, which I added (I add it to basically all of my sweet baked goods). If you have any Go Lean cereal hanging around that you just couldn't bring yourself to eat, now you know what to do with it!

Applesauce Muffins

The girls found this recipe on NickJr.com the other day, and asked me to make it with them. Super easy and fun for the kids to help! The girls loved it!

Ingredients
2 C flour
3/4 C sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1 lg egg, lightly beaten
1 C unsweetened applesauce
1/2 C (1 stick) butter, melted

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease or line with cupcake liners a muffin pan.
2. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a med. bowl. Whisk to blend.
3. Add the egg, applesauce and melted butter. Stir just until blended. Spoon into the prepared pan. Bake until puffed and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean; 18-20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool 5 minutes. Invert and cool completely.

We put some mini chocolate chip sprinkles on top before baking and they were YUMMY!

Bran Flax Muffins

(these are my absolutely favorite muffins! Actually the only ones I’ll eat!)
Mix together in a large bowl:
1 c. flour
½ c. whole wheat flour
¾ c. flaxseed meal (I use Bob’s Red Mill)
¾ c. oatbran
1 c. brown sugar
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
Stir in:
2 tart apples, peeled and shredded
1 ½ c. carrots, shredded
½ c. raisins (opt)
1 c. nuts, chopped (opt)
Combine and Pour into dry ingredients:
¾ c. milk
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
Stir just until ingredients are moistened. Do not over mix!
Fill muffin cups ¾ full. Bake 350* for 15-20 min.

Applesauce Muffins

These are a family favorite. They are VERY easy to make and taste really good. You can freeze them, too. They are best warm, then make a little "hole" in the middle and add some butter. Happy eating!

Combine and mix well:
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
Add:
1 stick of margarine or butter
1 ½ cups sugar
Blend mixture well.

Add:
2 eggs
Blend mixture well.

Add:
1 cup applesauce
Blend mixture well. It will be similar to the consistency of oatmeal, pretty thick.
Put approximately ¼ cup of mixture into baking cups and bake on 350 for 19 minutes only! Enjoy!